George,
On 5/6/20 7:00 AM, George N. White III wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2020 at 11:23, Robert Moskowitz <r...@htt-consult.com
<mailto:r...@htt-consult.com>> wrote:
I downloaded the F32 Server netinstall CD.
I wanted a F32 Workstation netinstall, but I could not find one. :(
The system is a Lenovo x140e that I got used on ebay with no HD
and only
4GB memory. I pulled an SSD that had F28 on it and added 4GB memory.
this system will not boot as is.
At my former work I sometimes needed a laptop for some simple task.
There
were usually several old unloved and unwanted laptops sitting around, but
the first step was to run a memory test. While that was running I
could google
for reports from users who had installed linux on that model, BIOS updates
and diagnostics from the vendor, etc. On models where it wasn't too
difficult
I would to open the case to clean dust off heatsinks, reseat
connectors and
memory, and check for damaged components.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D68fAx4eSns shows how to open the
case.
Some laptop models had well-known failure modes, some with
easy workarounds,
others not repairable. The advantage of modern manufacturing is that
many
problems are very reproducible across a particular model.
I put the CD in a USB DVD/CD device, turn on the computer, press
F12 for
boot menu and select the CD.
I get the Install 32 or check media option and select Install.
After a bit of time it goes back to the system boot message
offering to
start F28 (which won't work anyway).
What do I do to figure out what is wrong?
I pulled an old Lenovo x120e and did the same start up. I got
into the
install menu for F32, so I don't think it is the CD media.
any one have experience with the x140e? Anyone can give me some
suggestions?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X140e
thanks for this URL. This is my 2nd x140e; first one was for F30. And I
learned the hard way about the broadcom-wl driver.
So far this has helped me turn off bluetooth that I never use.
But the video part looks important but I have lost track of where to add
kernel options in the boot. EFI really is different from the old days.
So where do I put:
"The HD8330 video device on this laptop is part of the Sea Islands
family (Kabini chipset) of AMD GPUs. As the new AMDGPU kernel driver is
now needed as of Linux kernel 4.13 for GL support, adding
`amdgpu.cik_support=1 radeon.cik_support=0`
kernel parameters is required to boot with full OpenGL support. "
thanks!
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