well, if i would go about it. first i would write down every error or wierd things in the kernel startup before it panics. then, i would try some boot disks from other distros, especially the laptop oriented ones, which are in ur cdrom marked probably "alternative" or "other" which will be named 2.2 something pcmcia a/b/c. if it doesn't work try something, like this one: http://tiny.seul.org/en/index.html or this one: http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ or any other u fancy. (the slackware are very good also). anyway, once u booted the machine and mounted ur hd. u can recompile a new kernel from scratch which u can get from ftp.kernel.org and put only what u want in it and try to find what get the laptop to crash. or try the already ready kernel sources and recompile there (though i am not sure it will work since they do wierd stuff in those kernels).
note: i got those crush too with my old laptop (thinkpad) with kernels 2.4 with no apperant reason, but with 2.2 it worked ok, and once u fidelle with it enough it will work in the end. u just got to find the problematic device driver. * - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 * - * - * - * - * - * -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kovriga, Gregory Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:43 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Compaq notebooks and RH7.2 Hi, everyone. I've recently spend a couple of days trying to install RH7.2 on Presario 701EA (don't by it) laptop. Even though the installation goes without errors or serious issues, there are problems after trying to run: 1. On reboot the laptop doesn't boot from hard disk. 2. If using startup diskette, it starts booting Linux, but kernel crashes. Any ideas/experience with those laptops? Maybe suggestion as to some other distro? Thanks in advance, Gregory. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
