Finally I found some time to dedicate to the installation of debian on my Gericom A2.
Here the updated steps: - Resize the one XP partition using Partition Magic - Create two new partitions using Partition Magic (swap, ext3) - Create a new virtual machine using vmware that will the harddrive (no virtual drive) - But woody installer in vmware - Install Woody into this virtual machine - Install lilo (not MBR but on /dev/hda3) - Install bootpart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) to add Debian to the Windows XP boot menu - Install/Unpack kernel-source-2.4.22 - Install/Unpack pcmcia source - Download acpi patch from acpi.sf.net - apply acpi patch on kernel - configure kernel sources to use acpi (apm disabled) - build and install kernel the debian way (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/ACPI-HOWTO/) - configure and run lilo (i have two images: the old one using 2.4.18* and the new one that uses the self-compiled kernel - shutdown linux in vmware - reboot into Debian
From this point on everything worked fine (network, X, mouse, usb).
There is a nice tool called wmlongrun. It shows the Transmeta processor speed. When idle this will drop to 366 Mhz. When compiling stuff it jumps up to 800 Mhz. Amazing!
To Do: - create a boot cd image that has the kernel above so i will be able to install woody without the use of vmware and partition magic
> - Installed lilo > - Copied the MRB lilo information into a file and copied this > information to the XP partition > - After this I was able to boot. > - But since the kernel didnt detect all of the devices and interrupts > the network interface, PCCARD slot and such were not detected
Alexander Mueller wrote:
nb wrote:
Hi,
Did you succeed in installing Debian Linux on your Gericom A2 ? If so please give me your lsmod results. I'm interesting in buying one. Any feedback about this machine is welcome.
Regards
I succeeded. But I would not go so far and call it a success. The native installer didnt work since the CD ROM is an external USB 2 drive. The standard installer (and the standard kernel) has not enough ACPI support built in to get the correct list of interrupts and such so from a point on it just hangs.
My workaround: - Resize the one XP partition using Partition Magic - Create three new partitions using Partition Magic (ext3, swap, ext3) - Create a new virtual machine using vmware that will the harddrive (no virtual drive) - Installed Woody into this virtual machine - Installed lilo - Copied the MRB lilo information into a file and copied this information to the XP partition - After this I was able to boot. - But since the kernel didnt detect all of the devices and interrupts the network interface, PCCARD slot and such were not detected
Thats it so far and I did not have the time to start another try using a custom kernel with the ACPIp patch applied (will be the next step).
If I was to choose again I would not go for the Gericom again though it looks very nice. Instead, I would think about bying the small Dell notebook.
Xela
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