From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.18]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14lWRc-00045K-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2001 07:38:32 -0600 Received: from fwd03.aul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14lXP9-00046E-00; Fri, 06 Apr 2001 16:40:03 +0200 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.39.225]) by fwd03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14lXP3-2AVwJMC; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 16:39:57 +0200 Received: (qmail 6090 invoked by uid 0); 6 Apr 2001 17:23:24 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gentoo.org) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 6 Apr 2001 17:23:24 -0000 Message-ID: <3ACDCEC9.93F7D151@gentoo.org> From: AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Help w/Install References: <20010405234530.A256@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <20010405204647.A15340@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010405235214.A314@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <20010405205744.A4231@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010406004011.A476@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <20010405214913.C4538@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010406010004.A533@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <20010405221523.D4538@cvs.gentoo.org> <20010406012151.A592@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> <3ACDC974.9711788D@gentoo.org> <20010406102230.A14246@kabbu.reston.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Apr 6 07:39:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 16:12:25 +0200 X-Archives-Salt: ffb99c9d-9a0b-4fdb-8ae6-795a5f36b4f7 X-Archives-Hash: fb3fb7d277474499a763203a21d7187e "Jerry A!" wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 03:49:40PM +0200, Achim Gottinger wrote: > : > : I have an Compaq Armada laptop here with a defect display, maybe I can > : use it with an external monitor > : to test gentoo agains it and build a pcmcia-utils package. > : > : Jerry if you have problems with the kernel, you can build your own > : during installation, it's documented in the > : install guide. > > I can't get that far. The install kernel chokes and doesn't correctly > probe /dev/hdc, so I never finish booting. You mean you can't boot from the cd? If you can boot from a floppy and still be able to access your cdrom on your laptop, you can make yourself a bootfloppy from the image on the cd and replace the kernel on that floppy. > > : > I understand. Two things. First, I'm worried that I may not get > : > another two/three day break which I can spend reconfiguring this machine > : > for a while. Second, I'm impatient. 8) > : > : I can build you a current sys.tbz2 today if that helps. > > And then I can just slap this over a rc3 install? You can try it, but please backup before. I would absolutely > appreciate it if you could do that. Hey, can you save me the effort and > "-mcpu=i686 -march=i686" that for me? 8) Yes I'll use that flags. It will be a i686-pc-linux-gnu sys with "-mpentiumpro -march=pentiumpro -O2" options. Tell me what special kernel options you need to boot on your laptop. achim~ > > --Jerry > > name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a > phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... > email: jerry@thehutt.org || ...It's much more important > || than that! > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev