Re: Debian on IBM eServer System p5 - POWER Arch

2010-04-26 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 20:03 +0530, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Wolodja Wentland > wrote: > > Are you using the squeeze installer? If so, I would try the stable > > installer for the installation. Is there a special reason why you need > > the squeeze ins

Re: Debian on IBM eServer System p5 - POWER Arch

2010-04-26 Thread Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक]
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:04 +0530, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5. > > I can't really help you with your problem, but would like to point out > that t

Re: Debian on IBM eServer System p5 - POWER Arch

2010-04-26 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:04 +0530, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] wrote: > Hello List, > > I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5. I can't really help you with your problem, but would like to point out that there is a mailing list for PowerPC [1], which might be worth a try.

Re: Debian on IBM eServer System p5 - POWER Arch

2010-04-26 Thread Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक]
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] put forth on 4/26/2010 2:34 AM: >> Hello List, >> >> I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5. >> >> I get a boot prompt where I enter >> "expert install video=ofonly" >> >> It loads kernel the

Re: Debian on IBM eServer System p5 - POWER Arch

2010-04-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] put forth on 4/26/2010 2:34 AM: > Hello List, > > I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5. > > I get a boot prompt where I enter > "expert install video=ofonly" > > It loads kernel then ELF and then I get a b/w screen saying, > > > done > insta

Re: capacitor plague; was Re: Debian on IBM NetVista Type 6578-RAU

2008-01-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 09:33:01PM -0500, KS wrote: > Henry Luciano wrote: > > > > *sigh*, multiple times. The hardest thing is removing the old caps and > > desoldering the holes, but all in all it's not that bad. Keep the iron > > hot enough to melt the solder but not hot enough to damage the

Re: capacitor plague; was Re: Debian on IBM NetVista Type 6578-RAU

2008-01-13 Thread KS
Henry Luciano wrote: > > *sigh*, multiple times. The hardest thing is removing the old caps and > desoldering the holes, but all in all it's not that bad. Keep the iron > hot enough to melt the solder but not hot enough to damage the trace. > Practicing on an old board first would be a good ide

Re: capacitor plague; was Re: Debian on IBM NetVista Type 6578-RAU

2008-01-13 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 KS wrote: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |> Steve, |> |> sr> I can almost guarantee the capacitors are oozing onto the motherboard. |> |> Sure enough, six of the capacitors alongside the |> cpu are bulging. All are from the same manufacturer. |> |> The p

Re: capacitor plague; was Re: Debian on IBM NetVista Type 6578-RAU

2008-01-13 Thread Henry Luciano
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sr> I can almost guarantee the capacitors are oozing onto the motherboard. Sure enough, six of the capacitors alongside the cpu are bulging. All are from the same manufacturer. The problem is well documented. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague I'm tempted

Re: capacitor plague; was Re: Debian on IBM NetVista Type 6578-RAU

2008-01-13 Thread KS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve, > > sr> I can almost guarantee the capacitors are oozing onto the motherboard. > > Sure enough, six of the capacitors alongside the > cpu are bulging. All are from the same manufacturer. > > The problem is well documented. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capaci

capacitor plague; was Re: Debian on IBM NetVista Type 6578-RAU

2008-01-13 Thread peasthope
Steve, sr> I can almost guarantee the capacitors are oozing onto the motherboard. Sure enough, six of the capacitors alongside the cpu are bulging. All are from the same manufacturer. The problem is well documented. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague I'm tempted to try to replace t

Re: Debian on IBM NetVista Type 6578-RAU

2008-01-04 Thread Steve Reilly
Does anyone have experience with similar NetVistas? Do these machines have marginal power supplies or some other design fault which causes problems? Any other ideas? Thanks, ... Peter E. pop open the box. I can almost guarantee the capacitors are oozing onto the motherboard.

Re: Debian on IBM

2005-12-07 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible install Linux Debian on Server IBM x346 series? > See if it'll boot KNOPPIX. If so, you can probably install Debian on it. -- Jiann-Ming Su "I have to decide between two equally frightening options. If I wanted to do that

Re: debian on IBM T42

2004-09-10 Thread Zachary Rizer
--- Kevin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen evidence on the web that the IBM T42 > notebook has excellent > Linux-compatibility, but I was wondering if someone > has had experience > installing debian testing on this computer. Do the > power management > features work? > > Than

RE: debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500)

2002-03-25 Thread justin cunningham
: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:15 AM To: nate Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500) nate wrote: > > >>I have a IBM Thinkpad X22, and Potato will not boot due to a kernel bug. >>Try Woody boot floppies? > > > i just tried th

Re: debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500)

2002-03-25 Thread Kent West
nate wrote: I have a IBM Thinkpad X22, and Potato will not boot due to a kernel bug. Try Woody boot floppies? i just tried the woody netinst CD, and it gave the same thing, "Boot Failed" the boot loader doesn't even load, let alone the kernel. really weird. I guess i just won't use this l

Re: debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500)

2002-03-24 Thread nate
> I have a IBM Thinkpad X22, and Potato will not boot due to a kernel bug. > Try Woody boot floppies? i just tried the woody netinst CD, and it gave the same thing, "Boot Failed" the boot loader doesn't even load, let alone the kernel. really weird. I guess i just won't use this laptop. I will

Re: debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500)

2002-03-24 Thread Ross Burton
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 09:05, nate wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has gotten debian to work on this > machine. It is Type 1171-91U. It's the first machine I can > remember that won't boot the debian install CD at all. it just > says "Boot Failed". I tried both CD 1 and CD 2. I installed > SuSE

Re: Debian on IBM Thinkpad T20

2001-03-20 Thread Richard Black
sc wrote: > Martin Würtele wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:19:52AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > > >>I got an IBM Thinkpad T20 and would like to do my small part to > >>improve the world by replacing the Windows on it with Debian. > > >>Would love to hear any stories from other travelers wh

Re: Debian on IBM Thinkpad T20

2001-03-20 Thread sc
Martin Würtele wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:19:52AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: >>I got an IBM Thinkpad T20 and would like to do my small part to >>improve the world by replacing the Windows on it with Debian. >>Would love to hear any stories from other travelers who have >>embarked upon thi

Re: Debian on IBM Thinkpad T20

2001-03-19 Thread Martin Würtele
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:19:52AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > I got an IBM Thinkpad T20 and would like to do my small part to > improve the world by replacing the Windows on it with Debian. > > Would love to hear any stories from other travelers who have > embarked upon this journey. > >

Re: Debian on IBM thinkpad 380XD

1999-03-16 Thread Sergey V Kovalyov
Well, a month ago I've installd slink on ThinkPad 385D. The tecra disks did not help. I ended up compiling a custom kernel as zImage on another workstation and replacing the kernel image and modules on installation disks. If you need, I can try to send you these floppy images, if they are still ali

Re: Debian on IBM thinkpad 380XD

1999-03-15 Thread Wayne Topa
Check the www.debian.org mailing list page. I believe there has been a new mailing list started just to handle laptops. HTH Subject: Debian on IBM thinkpad 380XD Date: Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 01:35:45PM -0600 In reply to:Brian Morgan Quoting Brian Morgan([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > A

Re: Debian on IBM thinkpad 380XD

1999-03-15 Thread Greg Starkes
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Brian Morgan wrote: > Anyone have info on installing Debian on an IBM thinkpad 380XD? I'm > installing the latest 2.1 version, and not having much luck with the rescue > disk. It comes to the "boot:" screen. I press enter, and then it reboots > the system. Repeats with dif

Re: Debian on IBM Thinkpad 380ED (2635-5AU)

1998-02-20 Thread Norris Preyer
Nebu John Mathai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > Has anyone installed Debian on an IBM ThinkPad 380ED? > > When I boot off the Rescue disk my machine just reboots and reboots. It > doesn't get past the boot: prompt. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated! (Slackware works but I don't like

Re: Debian on IBM Thinkpad 380ED (2635-5AU)

1998-02-20 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote: : Hi, : Has anyone installed Debian on an IBM ThinkPad 380ED? Sort of. I did, but it wasn't my machine to play with in the long run, so it wasn't a complete install ... just a "will it work?" type thing. : When I boot off the Rescue disk my machine j