> I just got a coppermine based laptop (hyperdata) that won't boot linux without disabling the L2 cache. I've tried RH 6.2, RH 6.9 and Debian 2.4 (slink). > Debian 2.4 isn't slink, actually, there is no Debian 2.4. 2.1 is slink, 2.2 is potato, 2.3 is woody. 2.4...isn't, yet. Try potato, slink uses a 2.0 kernel, unless you find a "slink and a half cd," but I don't think that's an "official" debian. > It runs windoze, FreeBSD and OpenBSD just fine. > Naturally it runs linux, most laptops are designed to run windows. > It hangs on the "Loading Linux" line displaying variable numbers of periods. Debian is the only one that actually gave me an error of "out of memory". > Nice, lovely... > I read in the kernel mail archives about a detection problem for the coppermine cache but the patch was dated late last year. > Patch for what kernel? Try a stable kernel. 2.2 series. It does seem odd | Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 | | http://www.ringworld.org | Work: 763.428.9119 | | http://www.itouthouse.com | PCS: 612.306.6055 | | Make way evil! I am armed to the teeth | | and packing a hamster! | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org