Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 14:40:03 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] installing linux on the 50ct
At 04:38 PM 11/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:32:04 +1000 >From: "Paul Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: installing linux on the 50ct > >Hello all, > >Im having problems instlaling redhat linux 7.0 on my 50ct, im guessing its >a problem with the pcmcia support to continue using the floppy after the >boot disk has taken over. > >Here are some messages that look bad: > >Unable to handle kernal paging request at virtual address 0000f308 >Kernal panic: Attempted to kill the idle task >In swapper task - not syncing > >i get the same message with the pcmcia boot disk(redhat 7.0) and the >ZipSlack boot disks. Whilst I hear some people HAVE been manage to do a Linux install all on the libby, I mucked around with it for a week before giving up and getting a $7USD hard drive converter and installing it from a desktop. Just do the install as you would normally (make sure you boot from the libby's hard drive and activate any overlay that you might wish to use when you put it back in the libby). Don't worry about it detecting weird things but don't set up X or any other drivers just yet. When you put the hard drive back into the libby, Kudzu will reconfigure the stuff that would have been autoconfigured then you can go and configure X, PCMCIA, IrDA, drivers, sound and so-on in the libby. A LOT easier than trying to get PCMCIA installs working ... and Kudzu actually does a pretty good job (my current L100 Red Hat 6.2 install went from being in my Athlon XP1600+ with SB Live, 3 video cards and Intel Ethernet NIC to being in a L50 with a 16bit NIC to being in my L100 with a Cardbus NIC and weird X setup and for the most part, Kudzu took care of most of the reconfiguring with the exception of X and some of the PCMCIA stuff). I posted a step-by-step this-is-what-I-did-and-the-walls-I-ran-into thingy to this list a while back when I got my 20 gig hard drive with EZ-Bios working in my L50 booting Linux and Win95, perhaps you might want to have a peek in the archives for it. Hope this helps! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
