Re: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-24 Thread Pollywog
On 24-Feb-99 George Bonser wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> >> On 24-Feb-99 Laurent PICOULEAU wrote: >> >> I got Debian installed (base only) bit my network card (PCMCIA) is not >> working. >> I will have to reinstall OpenLinux on the ThinkPad so the network card will >> work.

Re: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-24 Thread Pollywog
On 24-Feb-99 Laurent PICOULEAU wrote: I got Debian installed (base only) bit my network card (PCMCIA) is not working. I will have to reinstall OpenLinux on the ThinkPad so the network card will work. -- Andrew

Re: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-24 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
On Mon, 22 Feb, 1999 à 01:30:25PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: > > > > > That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on that > > machine. > > I forgot the correct procedure for copying a kernel to a floppy, but when I > > find it, I will tr

Re: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-23 Thread matthschulz
on 22-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: > I have a bzImage, not a zImage, btw. > I had to compile a zImage kernel to. Until i did this, it worked when i turned OFF the CACHE in the BIOS-Setup. Very slow, but better than nothing. Matth

Re: The usual reboot problems (another problem?)

1999-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Feb-99 Robert E. Bell wrote: > I get the same thing on my 560x with the Tecra disks. I'm also having > problems even making a boot floppy through the installation process. > It either gives gives an immediate error message "creation of boot floppy > failed..." or it spins around for awhile

Re: The usual reboot problems (another problem?)

1999-02-22 Thread Robert E. Bell
I get the same thing on my 560x with the Tecra disks. I'm also having problems even making a boot floppy through the installation process. It either gives gives an immediate error message "creation of boot floppy failed..." or it spins around for awhile checking things and then fails. And I have t

Re: The usual reboot problems (another problem?)

1999-02-22 Thread Dale E. Martin
Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On my laptop it would reboot if I was not using a zImage kernel. The > tecra disks should provide this kernel. If not, do you have another > linux box? If so you could make your own boot disk. When you compile > the kernel make sure you do make zImage (or i

Re: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Robert E. Bell
OKI just got lost here. What kernel are we copying from? I have another system running RH5.2 (soon to be Debian 2.1)do I recompile that system with the zImage parameter and copy it to a floppy to boot the ThinkPad? I went through most of the installation process...right down to creating

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: : : On 22-Feb-99 George Bonser wrote: : > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: : > : >> : >> That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on that : >> machine. : >> I forgot the correct procedure for copying a kernel to a floppy, but

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Feb-99 George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> >> That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on that >> machine. >> I forgot the correct procedure for copying a kernel to a floppy, but when I >> find it, I will try it. > > Uhm, the floppy is a s

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: : : On 22-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: : >> I have a bzImage, not a zImage, btw. : >> : > : > NO, use a zImage kernel. Recompile one if need be. A bzImage will reboot : > on : > you. : : That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on t

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: > > On 22-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: >>> I have a bzImage, not a zImage, btw. >>> >> >> NO, use a zImage kernel. Recompile one if need be. A bzImage will reboot >> on >> you. > > That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on that > machine. > I forgo

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: >> I have a bzImage, not a zImage, btw. >> > > NO, use a zImage kernel. Recompile one if need be. A bzImage will reboot > on > you. That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on that machine. I forgot the correct procedure for copying a kernel to

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Shaleh
On 22-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: > > On 22-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: >>> Any help would be very appreciated! :-) >>> (The debian user list is much friendlier >>> and supportive than Red Hat's :-) >> >> We try (= >> >> On my laptop it would reboot if I was not using a zImage kernel. The tecra >> disks

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: >> Any help would be very appreciated! :-) >> (The debian user list is much friendlier >> and supportive than Red Hat's :-) > > We try (= > > On my laptop it would reboot if I was not using a zImage kernel. The tecra > disks should provide this kernel. If not, do yo

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Feb-99 Robert E. Bell wrote: > I am trying to install Debian on an IBM > Thinkpad 560x (dual boot with > w95 so I can install from hard disk). > When I create the boot floppies, > either through the install process OR > downloading floppies from the > debian site, it just continually > reboo

RE: The usual reboot problems

1999-02-22 Thread Shaleh
> Any help would be very appreciated! :-) > (The debian user list is much friendlier > and supportive than Red Hat's :-) We try (= On my laptop it would reboot if I was not using a zImage kernel. The tecra disks should provide this kernel. If not, do you have another linux box? If so you coul