I'm trying to help a friend of mine install Debian 2.2r0 onto an IBM Thinkpad
365XD. It boots the rescue disk just fine using the default options, but
when I try to boot the second floppy (root.bin) it gives me the following
error:
VM: do_try_to_free_pages
and then something about modprobe
Jesse Goerz wrote:
I'm trying to help a friend of mine install Debian 2.2r0 onto an IBM Thinkpad
365XD. It boots the rescue disk just fine using the default options, but
when I try to boot the second floppy (root.bin) it gives me the following
error:
VM: do_try_to_free_pages
system is
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:19:34 -0800, Nate Amsden said:
system is out of memory. known kernel bug(started in 2.2.11) how much
memory
do you have? the lowest end machine ive ever installed debian 2.2 on is
a 64mb machine.
I installed Debian on a ThinkPad 560 with only 8MB RAM. It
Cool, I thought it might be that, but I just wasn't sure. He's only got 8 MB
?!! Can you believe they even made computers with that much ;-).
What's the work around? Is there any way to copy the floppies directly onto
the hard drive without being on a network (he doesn't have a modem/nic for
-Original Message-
From: Martin Albert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 21 May 2000 5:52 PM
To: Karl M. Hegbloom
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: rawrite broken from DOS-box under W98? (Was: Re: thinkpad
install prob)
CrossBrand - BIOS upgrade/reference disks
DOS-box
under W98? (Was: Re: thinkpad install prob))
Richard It works correctly from the dos box in WIN98 second
Richard edition. I wouldn't
Richard recommend trying it while you have other application running.
Linux has similar trouble under certain conditions.
The motivation
DOS-box
under W98? (Was: Re: thinkpad install prob))
Richard It works correctly from the dos box in WIN98 second
Richard edition. I wouldn't
Richard recommend trying it while you have other application running.
Linux has similar trouble under certain conditions.
The motivation
On Sat, 20 May 2000, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
Robert Every floppy I've written in a DOS-box so far wrote fine but
Robert didn't work, so I strongly recommend booting into real DOS (via
Robert F8 when Starting Windows 9x...).
Have other people exerienced this? (I've never used
Robert == Robert Waldner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Michael Skipper [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When I try to boot from the rescue floppy (downloaded from the
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/
ch-install-methods.en.html#s-file-descs area and written to
floppy with
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Karl M. Hegbloom
Sent: Saturday, 20 May 2000 4:00 PM
To: Robert Waldner
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org; Michael Skipper
Subject: rawrite broken from DOS-box under W98? (Was: Re: thinkpad
install prob
Subject: rawrite broken from DOS-box under W98? (Was: Re: thinkpad
install prob)
Have other people exerienced this? (I've never used Windows = 3.1,
so I don't know.)
Richard It works correctly from the dos box in WIN98 second edition. I
wouldn't
Richard recommend
I formatted this for submission to the bugs list, but it seems
such a basic problem that I suspect it stems from my status
as an absolute novice with linux--and so I'm posting here.
package: boot floppies
version: linux 2.0.36 (kernel-image-2.0.36_2.0.36-3)
arch: i386 (pentium I)
model: IBM
Michael Skipper [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I formatted this for submission to the bugs list, but it seems
such a basic problem that I suspect it stems from my status
as an absolute novice with linux--and so I'm posting here.
package: boot floppies
version: linux 2.0.36
Michael Skipper [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When I try to boot from the rescue floppy (downloaded from the
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/
ch-install-methods.en.html#s-file-descs area and written to
floppy with rawrite2 in DOS), the install hangs after the following:
Did you write
Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I installed Debian last night on a ThinkPad and this morning had to continue,
but it kept going into loops, installing emacs and python again and again
until I rebooted the thing. Now I will remove emacs and python, since I don't
think I will need emacs and
I installed Debian last night on a ThinkPad and this morning had to continue,
but it kept going into loops, installing emacs and python again and again
until I rebooted the thing. Now I will remove emacs and python, since I don't
think I will need emacs and if I need python I can reinstalll it.
On 24-Feb-99 George Bonser wrote:
Yeah emacs sucks for a network install. I have never been able to get it
to install properly and since nobody at home or at work uses it, I just
delete it. You will PROBABLY want to install python after the network
install is complete. It is pretty handy and
The tecra rescue disk worked fine for me to install on my THinkpad 365XD.
I would recommend that it be called something other than 'tecra' since -
at least to me - its biggest seeling point is the zImage kernel (at least
I think that that is the case).
Thanks for such a great distribution,
Paul
[ Sorry I delete these messages too quick, otherwise I would have included
part of the message. ]
Could the user with the thinkpad problems try the disk in:
disks-i386/current/special/tecra/
The testing group was trying to verify problems with the thinkpads and
possibly consider special boot
I'll try that right now
Rocky
-Original Message-
From: Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Debian User Mailing List debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Thursday, October 30, 1997 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: thinkpad install
[ Sorry I delete these messages too quick, otherwise I would have
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, the CD-rom access is still not mounted.
and I do not know how access it. There does
not seem to be a scsi recognized.
That seems to be right.
I do not remember telling the drivers loaded
section of the install there was a WD-7000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Problem #1 - I cannot access the floppy on the ThinkPad
root: linux floppy=thinkpad
Were is this referenced in the debian install ?
For some reason, the Thinkpad inverts the meaning of some floppy
control lines. You always have to put
Thank you very much Carey,
your suggestions were very helpfull.
Problem :
However, the CD-rom access is still not mounted.
and I do not know how access it. There does
not seem to be a scsi recognized.
the dmesg output lists : ---
Failed
I recently loaded Debian on an IBM Thinkpad
which has a cradle with a CD-rom thru (I believe)
a Future-Domain 8xxx SCSI interface.
Essentially new to Linux,
( an OLDd UNIX Sys V developer though)
I do not know how to access my floppy, CD-rom
or mount the other disk partitions the install
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