[olug] Latitude C800 laptop

[Sean Edwards]

Since there is no official release for Sarge, there
may  be unresolved issues in the distro.  Try Woody
(Debian 3.0R1) with a 2.4.x kernel, and be sure to
install pcmcia modules package that matches your
kernel.

This may help:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5656

These may help also:
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/debian%252B%252522Dell%252BLatitude%252BC800%252522

-=Sean Edwards=-
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com



--- Eric Penne <epenne at olug.org> wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian with the 2.4 kernel
> from the new Debian
> Installer for Sarge on a Dell Latitude C800 laptop
> and I'm not having any
> luck.  I get past the bootprompt and then the
> display blacks out.  If I
> connect an external monitor I can see it boot up to
> the first menu but
> after that it does a hardware detection it locks up
> as it tries to detect
> the video setup.
> 
> I've used the straight debian netinstall disks also
> with the same results.
>  I don't know if I need to pass some boot parameters
> or anything but I
> can't seem to find any that would make sense.
> 
> Any help?
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
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