Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD.
Timothy J. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts. I had this problem recently. Turned out that the ThinkPad couldn't load a kernel bzImage. I had to recompile a kernel for the machine as a zImage, and everything was fine. -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Miller) writes: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 VFS: Mounted root (minix filesystem) [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] Transaction block size = 512 [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] Transaction block size = 512 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:01 Can anyone help me out with this error? -- Cerebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: BC AB 28 19 A6 A4 FF 5B CA 4D B4 03 3A A7 F4 5C -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD
On 11-Jul-97 Timothy J. Miller wrote: I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts. I thought that the consensus was that the 365XD cannot boot bzImages. I went the route of installing Debian 1.1 (with boot disks using zImages) and then upgrading. The most direct solution is to compile an appropriate zImage on a working Linux machine and add that to the boot floppy. The ThinkPad 760LD is running an upgrade from Debian 1.2. I didn't have any boot problems with the initial Debian 1.1 installation on the 760LD, *or* with the complete reinstall I did with Debian 1.2. The linux-2.0.30 without modifications; in the past it has also booted the 2.0.27, 28, and 29. From messages on this list, the 760LD works fine with the boot floppies. I would be interested in your experience with the 365XD if you get Debian installed. I have had troubles with sporadic kernel panics and other errors. Although I followed the instructions for upgrading from 1.2 to 1.3, I have ended up with a bad ldso package (probably through a kernel panic or other error that went unnoticed by me). Now I cannot use dpkg to successfully perform any act to rescue my system. So far, nobody on the debian-users list has been able to suggest a way to rescue the system. Maybe I will just have to reinstall from scratch - so much for the power of Debian on my Thinkpad. Paul Rightley - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD
Paul Rightley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought that the consensus was that the 365XD cannot boot bzImages. I went the route of installing Debian 1.1 (with boot disks using zImages) and then upgrading. The most direct solution is to compile an appropriate zImage on a working Linux machine and add that to the boot floppy. I've gone and created an appropriate zImage (at least, it boots the ThinkPad 760LD) and I'd like to use it in place of the bzImage on the rescue disk. The root.bin image loads, my replacement kernel loads off disk, uncompresses, and boots up to the point of mounting the root FS, where it failes utterly. Last set of output from the boot is: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 VFS: Mounted root (minix filesystem) [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] Transaction block size = 512 [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0] Transaction block size = 512 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:01 Everything the readme.txt file asks for is compiled in: ramdisk, initrd, msdos, fat, minix, elf, ext2fs, procfs. The rdev.sh script on the rescue disk sets the boot device to /dev/ram0; I've a /dev/ram, but no /dev/ram0. Setting /dev/ram in place of /dev/ram0 doesn't work. The new image is built from the current debian kernel sources (2.0.27); the bzimage on the rescue disk is 2.0.29 IIRC. What am I missing? (BTW-- XFree86 3.3 SVGA server on a Trident Cyber9320 [a.k.a. tgui9320lcd] sucks large rocks through small straws. It works, and it's usable, but any moving object creates static lines, similar to another report.) -- Cerebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: BC AB 28 19 A6 A4 FF 5B CA 4D B4 03 3A A7 F4 5C -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD.
On Fri Jul 11 17:03:41 -0500 1997, Timothy J. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts. I have a similar system. Bootup from the install disks for me was always *extremely* flaky. I've found that if you wait until the system hangs, turn off the machine, then turn it back on again (and mutter the right incantation :-), it will boot up normally. Lilo will also hang the machine, but LOADLIN works well. So you'll have to keep some portion of your W*n95 partition and boot up from an appropriate batch file. I've created 3 rescue disks on three different diskettes from two different downloads, and all have exhibited the same problem. Booting linux floppy=thinkpad has no observable effect. All were built from this machine, a ThinkPad 760LD running Debian 1.3 (that I'm *trying* to replace). NOTE: you don't need to use this switch for the 365XD (at least on mine). I think this problem has been fixed on later ThinkPads. YMMV. The ThinkPad 760LD is running an upgrade from Debian 1.2. I didn't have any boot problems with the initial Debian 1.1 installation on the 760LD, *or* with the complete reinstall I did with Debian 1.2. The linux-2.0.30 without modifications; in the past it has also booted the 2.0.27, 28, and 29. I've not ever had any significant base install problems on various ThinkPads until this one (365XD). Anyone have any ideas? -- Cerebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: BC AB 28 19 A6 A4 FF 5B CA 4D B4 03 3A A7 F4 5C X is also a pain to install if you have a DSTN display. There's something funky with the Xfree86 3.3 SVGA server and the 365XD DSTN display, so you might want to install Xfree86 3.2 instead. I hear that things are easier with a TFT. Noel -- Immanuel V. Yap e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate Student[EMAIL PROTECTED] Plant Breeding office: (607) 255-3103 320 Bradfield Hall home: (607) 256-7034 Cornell Univeristy Ithaca, NY 14853 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
