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Topic: Toshiba Satellite 1555 need help, v 1.2 stalls during boot from cd

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wiljen

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Posted: June 07 2005,15:47

Hello...

Right now I am runnunig SimplyMepis 3.3 on my old Toshiba Satellite 1555, but since I only have a 4Gb HD, I would like to try a smaller distro.

I tried an earlier version of DSL, but could never boot it except in failsafe. I saw a new version came out and thought maybe it work on this old machine.

Like the older version, it will boot in failsafe (however the usb mouse doen't work). While booting it gets to the line:

Init: Version 2.78-7 knoppix booting
Running Linux Kernel 2.4.6.
Processor 0 is AMD-K6™ 3D processor 380 MHz, 64 Kb Cache

...and then it just sits there doing nothing.

I have 160 Mb RAM

I have tried "dsl noagp noapm noapic nomce noddc"

I also have two pcmcia cards inserted...a netgear wireless and a sandisk CF memory.

Anyone here with helpful suggestions?

Thanks!

dbickin

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Posted: June 07 2005,16:09

I have the same laptop. As I recall, when booting from the CD, I have to specify nopcmcia. However, I got around that by copying the CD image to the harddrive, then booting with SYSLINUX from a floppy. (Eventually I moved SYSLINUX onto the hard drive and got grub installed.)

I'd try launching with nopcmcia and see if you can boot with that. (Albeit without network or your CF.) Then try using SYSLINUX for the boot.

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Posted: June 07 2005,16:12

I assume you can boot from the CD. Which ISO did you use: the isolinux or the syslinux? There are some cases where syslinux works better for old machines.

wiljen

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Posted: June 07 2005,16:22

Thanks guys...

Yes I can boot from the CD (non-SYSLINUX) using nopcmcia...

but the reason I am using the old laptop is in my wireless lan
so i need to get the pcmcia to work.. any ideas?

Bill

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Posted: June 07 2005,16:49

Using nopcmcia does not necessarily mean you cannot use pcmcia. It is just not loaded automatically. You may just need a couple of "modprobe" commands, as well as the proper method to set-up your wireless card (see other sections of this forum).

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