Probs to boot DSL 2.4. on my Laptop
Forum: Laptops
Topic: Probs to boot DSL 2.4. on my Laptop
started by: tux666
Posted by tux666 on June 12 2006,21:18
Hello,I became curious when I saw Version 2.0 on a CD in a Linux-Magazine and tried to boot it on my laptop (Packard Bell Easy Note R-series with an AMD Mobile Sempron 3100+ and 1 GB RAM and ATI Radeon Xpress 200M).
Booting was quite o.k. with it (o.k., I had numerous faults ACPI and CPU... ?), but I got it started.
When I wanted to go into the internet (I have a router, DHCP), it couldn't connect.
I found out, that my onboard-network-card ULI PCI Fast Ethernet Controller (in Windows: ULILAN.SYS) could not be found.
I hoped, the problems will vanish with version 2.4, but they didn't, they became even more:
booting stops now at the point: searching for for USB and then the system completely freezes (so I have to remove the Akku to get my laptop boot again).
I tried severall boot options, but nothing helps: the laptop freezes always at USB...
Any help, how I can boot version 2.4 (I also tried the new RC 3.0, but I have the same problems, too) ?
And how can I get my network-card detected ?
Thanks
Andreas
Posted by torp on June 13 2006,13:39
which boot options did you try?torp
Posted by tux666 on June 13 2006,20:53
| Quote (torp @ June 13 2006,09:39) |
| which boot options did you try? torp |
hmm,
I don't know by heart, but I think "expert" (first I wanted to autoload all modules, then some modules separately, but I didn' know which one to select / deselect), the "toram", then "no acpi" and I don't know what ever.
Maybe it helps, I have 3 x USB 2.0 (two in the back and one in the front side).
Even Knoppix 4.02 (with a 2.6 Kernel) hangs at the same point ...
May it depend on the BIOS ?
When I disabled "USB enabled" or something like that, I could not boot any more from my USB-Stick.
But any way: it hangs both - with my boot-CD or with my USB-Stick
I have also tried a new version of Morphix (with a 2.6 Kernel and icewm).
This one booted completely, but I also could not connect to the internet (although my onboard-netcard seemed to be found as eth0)....
Here I did a "ifconfig eth0 up" (so eth0 was set up) and I think a dhcpclient or something simular.
Any ideas ?
Andreas