This one time, at band camp, Bruno Boettcher said: > Hello! > > did anyone succeded in installing any linux BTW on the Medion MD 9783 > Laptop? > > i am just confronted here with such a machine and its refractive to all > my tries to get it running satisfactory .... > > the problems are: > on boot the bios bails out claiming an unsuitable HD partitioning.... do > there exist BIOS'es which are tailored explicitely for a Redmond > System??? This sounds like the MBR isn't being read - did you have lilo install in /dev/hda or hda1? You probably want it in hda - it seems to work better. > so i need to boot from floppy which isn't really impressive ... > > then the basic system installed, but no X and SuperProbe fails to guess > what it is, and guess what? no hint in the docu given with the > machine... > > anyways, if anyone succeded in installing a functional and graphical > linux system on that machine, please send me the relevant info (as > graphic chip, ideall the XF86Config file), the sound chip info > etc... > lspci will give you the details of how the kernel reads your hardware. You'll then have to make sure you have the drivers for these in your kernel config, either built-in or as modules. If you don't know how to roll your own kernels, either look into kernel-package, which makes life easy, or google for the kernel-HOWTO - it's a good doc which walks you through rolling a kernel. As for an XF86Config, try linux-laptop.net - they have a lot of helpful stuff for setting up laptops. Most of it's RH based, but there are some debian-specific ones as well. HTH. Steve -- The great merit of society is to make one appreciate solitude. -- Charles Chincholles, "Reflections on the Art of Life"
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