On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:15:58 -0500 (EST), Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 29 Dec 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: >> The new 2.0.36 kernel on the boot-floppies is a zImage kernel (as >> opposed to a bzImage kernel), so we shouldn't have a problem with >> any laptops or any computers with bad floppy controllers at all >> now.
> Ok, any idea on why the image shrank so much? Or is it that a > larger kernel can be used (no more kernel size limit)? Now the only > reason laptops should be on my list is for the pcmcia and power > management stuff. Things are looking good. I just tested this. I had a problem where /etc/fstab wasn't created (see Bug#31431). But PCMCIA and NFS installation of the base system had no problems. I haven't completed the whole cycle; I just installed the base system and left it at that (didn't even run the post-base-install tasks) since the lack of /etc/fstab horked that process anyhow. Some laptops seem to have some serious problems where the backlight gets turned off during the first boot, I think. I don't think we have any clues on this; I would guess some sort of hardware probe is triggering a problem for some models (but not mine). -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
