Re: Problems with Linux 2.3.1[1-4] on a Sony VAIO laptop
Thomas Davis (tadavis@lbl.gov)
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:57:48 -0700
"Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote:
>
> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:19:37 -0700
> From: Thomas Davis <tadavis@lbl.gov>
>
> tytso@mit.edu wrote:
> >
> > In the meantime, if someone else has seen this and wants to poke at this
> > some more, I'll be happy to send them what I have so far --- namely, my
> > isolation of the subset of the 2.3.10 -> 2.3.11 patches which causes the
> > problems. I'd also be interested if other folks have had problems
> > booting recent 2.3 kernels on laptops or other machines, or any other
> > insights as to what might be going on.
>
> I've had no problems booting 2.3.12 on my Sony VAIO 505tx laptop..
>
> What tools are you using to boot? Lilo?
>
> Hmm... that's very interesting. Yes, I'm using LILO v21 (came with
> RedHat 6.0). What's the configuration of your machine? I have 128 meg
> of memory, and 6 gigs of hard disk. Unfortunately I'm typing this
> message on the VAIO, so I can't check the BIOS revision on mine; what
> does your say? I'm trying to see what might be different between your
> setup and mine....
64m, 6.4gb hd, APM turned on, linux 2.3.13, pcmcia-cs.09-Aug-99, BIOS
rev..
Let's see..
BIOS Version R0113R5
I've actually got everything but Firewire working on it, and that's next
on my list to play with..
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