Re: Debian on Dell Latitude Laptop
"Eloy A. Paris" <eparis@ven.ra.rockwell.com> writes:
> David Engel <david@sw.ods.com> wrote:
>
> : Has anyone successfully installed Debian 1.3.1 on a Dell Latitude XPi
> : laptop? If so, what it the secret? When I try booting from the
> : install/rescue disk, it gets about halfway through "Loading linux..."
> : and then reboots.
>
> OK, I tried today a stock 1.3.1 rescue disk on a Latitude XPi CD
> and it hung while loading the md driver. I'll try compiling
> a custom kernel with just the stuff I have.
>
> Somebody else that contacted me in private mail had the same problem.
> However, none of us had the problem of the computer rebooting while
> loading the kernel.
Sorry this is so late, but I haven't had time for debian-user much
recently. Note that this problem is usually caused (on laptops) by a
bzImage. If the kernel is recompiled as a zImage, you should be
fine. I sucessfully used the tecra boot disk (look in the standard
Debian disks directory) on one machine (not a tecra) with this problem.
Ignore this if it's no longer relevant...
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