Debian Installation Boot Program missing something

My disk controller seems to be wanting to be "reset", but the Debian install boot doesn't do this. As a consequence, it just keeps repeating hda: hda: Status error: status=0x01 { Error } hda: Status error: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } hda: Drive not ready for command. The Slackware i

Qs about Linux setup on Compaq 486 notebook

I'm want to use Linux on a Compaq 486/25SL notebook. I'm stuck on the following issues and would appreciate any pointers. 1 I believe the video ROM is being shadowed. The BIOS setup has options to shadow the video ROM at two different addresses, but none to turn it off. 2 Some memory is reserv

"Extended" memory?

I see that the Debian installation instructions contain the following. >Extended vs. Expanded Memory >If your system provides both extended and expanded memory, set it >so that there is as much extended and as little expanded memory >as possible. Linux requires extended memory and can not use >exp