Hello,

Yesterday I try to install Woody Debian 3.0r2 on my Toshiba Laptop 5200-701. Here is an descriltion of the hardware :

Model: Satellite 5200-701
HDD_Int: Intel ICH3-M
Sound: AC 97 (YAMAHA YMF753)
VGA: nVIDIA GeForce4 460 Go
CPU: Intel PIV Mobile 1900
RAM: PC2100
Modem: Softmodem (Lucent SCORPIO)
IrDA: Super IO SMSC LPC47N227
USB: NEC uPD720110 (USB2.0)
CD_Int: Intel ICH3-M
PCMCIA: Toshiba ToPIC100 (Intel 82365 comp)
Bluetooth: TAIYO-YUDEN (Silicon Wave)
Firewire: Texas Instruments OHCI (43AB22)
Mouse: USB
ACPI: V1.0b
Chipset: Intel 845MP
Network: Intel 82562ET (Kinnereth)
Basic_Info: Info
Wireless: CardBus TI 1410 / Lucent ORiNOCO
Mini_PCI: yes
SD_Card: Toshiba SD TypA


I use bf24. Everything goes right till the reboot. I see Lilo. I choose Linux entry. The boot process runs and stops with those lines :

Process insmod (pid : 190)
.....
some lines
.....
<0>Kernel panic: Fatal exception in interrupt
In interrupt handler - not syncing.

I try boot : linux noapc nolapic acpi=off => same error

Here is my partition table :

/dev/hda -> 40Go
/dev/hda1 -> FAT32 WinXP 20Go
/dev/hda2 -> Extended
/dev/hda5 -> FAT32 Data WinXP 14Go
/dev/hda6 -> /Boot Ext2 16 Mo
/dev/hda7 -> /Swap 512 Mo
/dev/hda8 -> / Ext3 4,5 Go

Thanks for your help,

Jgf

insmod is the process which loads drivers for your hardware. it looks like that's the process which is causing your kernel to panic. We could help more if we got all the output, although i know it's difficult when you're sitting in front of a comuter that doesn't work. My guess is you have a kernel module loaded at boot that either does not have hardware associated with it (like, maybe you're loading a net driver for a netgear lan card, but you really have a linksys or a realtek) or, perhaps some other problem. Hope this helps you troubleshoot.

/EDIT

Wait! you've probably got 2 pieces of conflicting hardware on the same IRQ, because the interrupt handler is what crashed the kernel. Sorry I can't give you more, i'm still a noob, too.

/edit

woody is a dinosaur (metaphorically--if u want to be precise, rex is the dinosaur). install sarge (he's a mean fighting machine). debian-installer will make your life 10,000x simpler.

http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Thanks for your help : I will try to install sarge this week end...

Jgf

Hey Jgf, I was jus wondering, where did you get so detailed information on your hardware? Did you conslt the manual? Used some software to dedect it? Web site?

I would like to know since I don't know much about the hardware of a computer I'm using and I would like to know, in detail.. :þ

I run the debian installer as suggested at #3 by doing a ftp install and it works fine.
But if you have a windows already installed and you want to a do dual boot then be aware before installing the linux26 kernel.
I'd suggest to install the default kernel, it's 2.4, and then do dist-upgrade.
The default is 2.4, but if you go to option, F6 key if I remember right, and choose 2.6 you could find problems as I found my self.

If you are curios how the new installer looks like:
http://www.linuxbeta.com/slideshows/...ase=59&slide=1





p.s.
I'm using a Toshiba Satellite 4090xcdt with 128mb ram.

Hi everybody,

To brynjarh :

Here is the site where I get my configuration : just choose the name of your computer and you get it, but it's just for toshiba computer
http://newsletter.toshiba-tro.de/main/index.html

To solferino :

Thanks for your link I visited it and and found it very nice...


I will try the ftp install this week as said on #3... I hope it will work.

Fantastic it works. The network install is great.....

Thanks everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no prob.

have fun with your new free as in speech os.