Re: Newbie on the verge of trashing thinkpad
O.k., maybe I didn't give enough info on this. I have a thinkpad 755c. After installing I'm getting message memory address conflict at (address) error 0011. Then error 0011 repeats ad infinitum. I have 20 meg of ram and have set up a 40 meg swap partition. The remaining space (320 meg) is divided 40 meg for dos and 320 for linux. I have not gotten this type of message before, so memory config has worked in the past. Coaxing debian onto a thinkpad can be a task that requires a great deal of patience. Please be forgiving if any of the stuff below is too basic-- I'm assuming you don't have much experience with debian, and if that isn't the case, then some of what follows may come off as boring or insulting. I think I've seen a that error on a thinkpad. IIRC, I resolved it by compiling the kernel and making a zImage rather than a bzImage. You have two problems: 1) In the debian installation process, a reboot is required before you can go on to package selection and finishing the installation. If you start your installation from, say, your dos partition, install the (bzImage) kernel and lilo, and then attempt to boot that kernel from the hard drive toward the end of your installation procedure, then you will be stuck. I seem to remember getting around this problem by finding a floppy image that would boot on a thinkpad (some guy in japan had built the image), and then using that floppy for the reboot, using the installation program the second time around only to activate swap and mount my partitions before cancelling (or hitting alt+f2 for a VC) and running deselect. It helps if you've already done a few debian installs... 2) Once you've figured out how to get a full installation onto your drive, you still won't be able to boot from the hard drive-- not until you recompile your kernel. Install kernel-source, kernel-package, and pcmcia-source. Edit /etc/kernel-pkg.conf , adding the line: kimage := zImage Dig that pascal syntax! Anyway. Read /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz (use zmore or zless). Follow the instructions for the impatient, and start your kernel build. While your kernel is compiling, go back and read the rest of the document. There's good stuff in there. Build your modules_image. Now install the kernel-image and modules debs that you've created (you need to do the modules to make sure that your PCMCIA support will still be there when you're done. This is a nasty gotcha if you're doing any sort of pcmcia-requiring installation/upgrade stuff-- like me. I do things over a PCMCIA network card). Then you can move on to fun things like getting X to work properly, mucking about with your sound hardware, getting your APM settings right, etc. I've got almost every part of a tp600 working with debian, and if I knew the first thing about package management, I'd roll up my modifications/configurations and distribute a thinkpad-600.deb This is all from memory. My memory is very leaky. I may have remembered one floppy-install trick, when it was actually a different one that worked. In any case, If you already have a floppy that will boot, then you're halfway there. Debian is still a bit behind other distributions on laptops, but you can usually make things work if you're persistent. Ed
Newbie on the verge of trashing thinkpad
O.k., maybe I didn't give enough info on this. I have a thinkpad 755c. After installing I'm getting message memory address conflict at (address) error 0011. Then error 0011 repeats ad infinitum. I have 20 meg of ram and have set up a 40 meg swap partition. The remaining space (320 meg) is divided 40 meg for dos and 320 for linux. I have not gotten this type of message before, so memory config has worked in the past. Any help? Ben Oshman Professional Services Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 709-7667
Re: Newbie on the verge of trashing thinkpad
Oshman, Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: O.k., maybe I didn't give enough info on this. I have a thinkpad 755c. After installing I'm getting message memory address conflict at (address) error 0011. Then error 0011 repeats ad infinitum. I have 20 meg of ram and have set up a 40 meg swap partition. The remaining space (320 meg) is divided 40 meg for dos and 320 for linux. I have not gotten this type of message before, so memory config has worked in the past. Any help? Is it Linux complaining, or your BIOS? If it's linux, did you try using a mem=18M parameter to lilo, just for grins? I've never seen this problem - I'm just tossing out ideas. Later, Dale -- +- pgp key available --+ | Dale E. Martin | Clifton Labs, Inc. | Senior Computer Engineer| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|http://www.clifton-labs.com | +--+
Newbie on the Verge of Trashing Thinkpad
I haven't found any info on setting up memory for Linux on a thinkpad. I keep gettting this damn memory address conflict when Linux boots up that stops the earth from spinning. I think that since I deleted DOS before installing, there's no memory management taking place. Where can I go for help? - Ben
Re: Newbie on the Verge of Trashing Thinkpad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Oshman, Ben wrote: I haven't found any info on setting up memory for Linux on a thinkpad. I keep gettting this damn memory address conflict when Linux boots up that stops the earth from spinning. I think that since I deleted DOS before installing, there's no memory management taking place. Where can I go for help? Heh, DOS and memory management don't even belong in the same sentence. You definitely don't need DOS installed in order to install Linux. In any case, here's a URL that discusses running Linux on a Thinkpak 760. There are many other links from that page, so if it doesn't have all the info you need, or if you have a different model, you should still be able to find some good Thinkpad info. Good luck, noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' This message was composed in a 100% Microsoft free environment. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNuauyYdCcpBjGWoFAQF7pgQArJ9NBotR1TNHakx8d/H2l02MvHTRhHZp tUxlwJUNEnwzHm/PJ7c9ldadHGsjupObQciYsknSpJMspdUqssqVAW5wwFTTwdRM u4pXhcjwxfmOosvyWo2ZszQneZHpvw0mMHdoseSf2HnPdNAaZHOMOjiJb+I4l0lU 6WT/DwIZLUc= =qyNt -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Newbie on the Verge of Trashing Thinkpad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Umm, I probably sould have included the URL...oops. Here it is: http://www.muc.de/~hm/linux/thinkpad.html noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' This message was composed in a 100% Microsoft free environment. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNuau9odCcpBjGWoFAQF7DAQAkn8aNSfhp7h6of2Cu1Ur/mQ3D0X6hvXo BwEIQ3UQgl4mzZE0wz7ckZvTsj7FO6B4C4K0YCWh/0N5pZimS4F7Vc0h7YiNFFrc aVEWzohL5k21dzlb7QNgmJQUU6FrCd1XhQoPCZVpcysvf4R1kr0xIO/cK5SVFZ1H GSiI33fYu3Y= =DxJJ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: Newbie on the Verge of Trashing Thinkpad
On 10-Mar-99 Oshman, Ben wrote: I haven't found any info on setting up memory for Linux on a thinkpad. I keep gettting this damn memory address conflict when Linux boots up that stops the earth from spinning. I think that since I deleted DOS before installing, there's no memory management taking place. Where can I go for help? I have a ThinkPad 560 and I did not have any DOS or Windows installed when I installed Debian. -- Andrew
Re: Newbie on the Verge of Trashing Thinkpad
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Oshman, Ben wrote: : I haven't found any info on setting up memory for Linux on a thinkpad. I : keep gettting this damn memory address conflict when Linux boots up that : stops the earth from spinning. I think that since I deleted DOS before : installing, there's no memory management taking place. Where can I go for : help? What color Thinkpad is it? -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: Newbie on the Verge of Trashing Thinkpad
And as an aside, debian-laptop is now open as a mailing list for laptop issues.
