Yep, the Tecra disks solved the problem and the installation went through smoothly. Carlos Emir Mantov also suggested the Tecra disks -- my thanks to you both.
Claude On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Ann Haarman wrote: > This sounds quite a bit like a problem I had with my Tosh Satellite. The > answer was to use zimage boot disks rather than the bzimage disks which are > used for most machines. I believe they are also called the tecra images > because that machine commonly required them. Perhaps this can be clarified > by another lister. I don't have time to get the archived mail, but if no > one has expanded on this by this evening, I'll see if I can dredge up the > specifics. > > Mike > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claude Rubinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 3:55 PM > Subject: Install Disk Reboots Machine > > > > I am attempting to install Slink on my Dell Latitude XPi Laptop (Pentium > > 90, 24MB RAM, 772MB Hard Drive, floppy drive, no cdrom). When beginning > > the install root.bin appears to load fine, but towards the end of loading > > the kernel into memory, the machine spontaneously reboots. I've searched > > through the laptop-HOWTO, the debian bug reports, and the mailing list > > archives but haven't been able to find anything. Does anyone have any > > experience with such a problem? > > > > Thanks, > > Claude > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
