RE: Cannot install Linux on laptop
I recently built the linux kernel, and ran across in the "General Setup"
options the entry for 'MCA support', which apparently is a bus system similar
to PCI or ISA, found only in some IBM PS/2 and laptop machines. I am wondering
if your laptop belongs to this set of machines - if so, it would certainly
explain the booting problems, since the Debian kernel is built with SCSI 2940
and ATAPI IDE support - but I don't know about the MCA support.
If this is the case, you'll need to build a floppy with a kernel that has
support for this.
On 09-Dec-98 Geoffrey L. Brimhall wrote:
> Try looking at comments that people have made on the following URL - it is
> one
> of the best central stores of knowledge in getting linux to run on laptops:
>
> http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html
>
> Have you installed debian on other pcs, so you are familiar with the general
> Debian installation process ?
>
> Thanks !
> Geoff Brimhall
>
> On 01-Dec-00 Ignacio Garcia wrote:
>> I have tried installing Linux on my ThinkPad 385 XD, but it hasn't
>> worked. When I first tried to install it, I got a message tha said A20
>> gating failed. So I changed the boot-up disk that I was using, and now
>> it goes through the initial motions of loading the kernel, then it
>> restarts my computer. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> --
>> Ignacio Garcia-Nicoletti
>> Network Administrator
>> Grenville Christian College
>> igarcia@grenvillecc.ca
>>
>>
>>
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