On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Marvin Renich <m...@renich.org> wrote:
> * Peter Rapisarda <peter.rapisa...@gmail.com> [110401 10:38]: > > Hello all, > > > > I am a student who is just learning LINUX for the first time so I > basically > > have NO idea what I'm doing so please be patient with me. In an > attempted > > to complement my studying I decided to resurrect an old laptop which is a > > Dell Inspiron 2200 with a Intel Celeron M processor. The hard drive had > > gone bad so I replaced it and purched a verison of debian off of > OSDisc.com > > and used that to install debian on my "new" system. Everything works > great > > except when I start up the computer i get a message that says: > > > > Time-of-day not set - please run SETUP program > > WARNING: The battery cannot be identified. > > This system will be unable to charge this battery... > > [snip] > > This should not have anything to do with the operating system installed. > Try shutting down the laptop, leaving the battery in and the power cord > plugged in. If the battery has not gone bad, this should recharge the > battery in a few hours. Then, unplug the power cord and turn on the > laptop. If it doesn't come on at all, you need a new battery; this is > what I suspect from your description. If the computer comes on, but > Linux does not run properly, post back with details, e.g. the > power-on-self-test (POST) runs normally, but it cannot find a bootable > disk. > To add to Marvin's reply, a lot of Dell laptops have the battery indicator light flash orange/red in some repetitive fashion if the battery falls below a certain level/ability to hold a charge - it's somewhere around 35% of the original battery charging capacity. So if you see the constantly blinking light on your laptop, your battery is kaput. Mark
