Re: Debian on Thinkpad 560x...
D. W. Wieboldt wrote, :Yes! Hamm runs just fine here on stinkpad 560. Also have it on a 760L. :All of this pre-dates hamm installation disks though. Brought them up on :bo disks, and made the libc6 conversions. I don't do dselect either but :rather dpkg -i for each package. I guess this may just have to be the way if all else fails... I'm still trying to get a good set of boot-floppy from my other hamm machine though... Latest update seems to be that bzImage reboots the machine when a similar zImage boots fine (up till the point when the kernel panicked due to no file system :P). I wonder why the same configuration on built on the boot floppy didn't work. Will update the list when I get more results... Just me, Wire ... -- Tan Wee Yeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] For PGP public key : finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP fingerprint = EC A6 98 25 5B D9 38 40 74 BC 0C C9 0F 81 BE 92 -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Thinkpad 560x...
On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 02:23:12PM +0800, Tan Wee Yeh wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, > :: Nuts... how did that evade me?? I had tried as you suggested > :: and it booted up just fine :)... is there anywhere I can get > :: the configuration for the Tecra kernel so I can build one > :: for hamm?? > > :I believe the part that makes them work on Thinkpads is the fact they're > :built as "zImage" rather than "bzImage". For some reason "bzImage" > :kernels cause Thinkpads, and many other laptops, freak out during boot. > > :If you use kernel-package you can still generate a zImage ... I forget > :exactly how. Otherwise, just do "make dep; make clean; make zImage ..." > :as usual. > > make-kpkg --zImage ... > > I created a set of boot-floppies with Bruce's boot-floppy > package and another test bootdisk (using the same kernel > configuration). > > The boot-floppies hang on me after the "loading linux.." but > I manage to advance to beyond the scroll of kernel boot > messages until I got a kernel panick (due to no root > device). > > Any idea?? > > If possible, can anyone advise on how I can get the > configuration of the bo-tecra boot-disk... or has anyone > successfully installed hamm on the thinkpad (esp 560x). > > Thanks again... > > > Just me, > Wire ... > -- > Tan Wee Yeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For PGP public key : finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes! Hamm runs just fine here on stinkpad 560. Also have it on a 760L. All of this pre-dates hamm installation disks though. Brought them up on bo disks, and made the libc6 conversions. I don't do dselect either but rather dpkg -i for each package. IMHO you should work in the goodies one at a time. X took a lot of work. APMD would not run w/o a patch that I found, and you probably need to exclude floppy from the kernel config. (Do insmod floppy to use it.) My apmd still tanks when I load "serial.o". HTH! davew -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . . . . . . My other computer runs Linux! If the ends don't justify the means, then what does? -- Robert Moses -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Thinkpad 560x...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, :: Nuts... how did that evade me?? I had tried as you suggested :: and it booted up just fine :)... is there anywhere I can get :: the configuration for the Tecra kernel so I can build one :: for hamm?? :I believe the part that makes them work on Thinkpads is the fact they're :built as "zImage" rather than "bzImage". For some reason "bzImage" :kernels cause Thinkpads, and many other laptops, freak out during boot. :If you use kernel-package you can still generate a zImage ... I forget :exactly how. Otherwise, just do "make dep; make clean; make zImage ..." :as usual. make-kpkg --zImage ... I created a set of boot-floppies with Bruce's boot-floppy package and another test bootdisk (using the same kernel configuration). The boot-floppies hang on me after the "loading linux.." but I manage to advance to beyond the scroll of kernel boot messages until I got a kernel panick (due to no root device). Any idea?? If possible, can anyone advise on how I can get the configuration of the bo-tecra boot-disk... or has anyone successfully installed hamm on the thinkpad (esp 560x). Thanks again... Just me, Wire ... -- Tan Wee Yeh [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] For PGP public key : finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP fingerprint = EC A6 98 25 5B D9 38 40 74 BC 0C C9 0F 81 BE 92 -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Thinkpad 560x...
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Tan Wee Yeh wrote: : Dear all, : : I have just gotten a thinkpad 560x and would like to put : debian (preferably 2.0) in. My previous attempts were : taunted by the system rebooting upon loading the kernel (it : passed the LILO prompt). : : I located the linux on tp560 homepages. Success was : reported on the tp560x but I did not manage to catch the : authors of the page by email. The problem is probably due : to the apm incompatibility discussed in the page. : : I suspect my best bet will be to create my own bootup : floppies. I am soliciting information on kernel : configurations that will work on the thinkpad. : : TIA Have you tried the tecra disks from the boot-floppies directory?? -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
