On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 12:02:52PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have recently installed Debian on an old Pentium computer using the > official image from debian.org. I have it running w/ kernel 2.2.19pre17, > however this does not support my Netgear fa311 NIC and I've been > unsuccessful in compiling their source code. I've been trying to compile > and use the 2.4.8 kernel because 2.4 should have National Semiconductor > chipset support (and hence my netgear card) but when I try to boot I get > nothing. The screen says:
> > LILO Linux Loader blahblah............ > Uncompressing the kernel... Ok, booting the kernel. > > And then it hangs. Doesn't go blank, just sits there w/ a blinking > cursor. A friend of mine, quite experienced w/ debian, has been helping me > and he is stumped. I have read that older machines could have a problem w/ > bzImage, but I thought the debian release was in bz format, and the CD > kernel image runs correctly. Any help? I dont't if it is related to your problem but I observed that 2.4.7/2.4.8 have problems with older IDE disks (in my case disk in trouble is Quantum 500MB) while rest of my disks pool (seven differrent types) is OK. Kernel 2.4.8-ac4 cured my problem. Mirek
