Debian 3.0

yawara · 12-08-2002, 02:09 PM

I have a Sager Notebook NP 2260 P III, 512mb, Why is it that when I try to boot from the 1st installation cd of my debian 3.0 inst, the screen goes white, blank and hangs up. no activity. Any suggestion, I don't know what the problem is. Any help are greatly appreciated. Thanks

crashmeister · 12-08-2002, 02:21 PM

If you got an official cd set you can try another cd.They are all bootable with different kernels.I think on the first is still kernel 2.2.20.You can try cd5 - that has a kernel called bf2.4 which should support most newer hardware.But I got really no idea what hardware you got in that notebook.

yawara · 12-08-2002, 02:59 PM

This SAGER NP2260 is compose mostly of SIS630 Chip. Thanks for your suggestion.

crashmeister · 12-08-2002, 03:49 PM

I got a SIS 630 chipset in my box and use debian without any trouble.Only thing I could think of is that has something to do with the LCD screen.The chipset should work ok.BTW at http://www.winischhofer.net are the newest drivers for SIS graphics and a lot of info.

Donald1000 · 12-08-2002, 04:00 PM

I've got a same Error, when i try to boot with bf2.4 on my Laptop. But with 2.2 everything work fine. Try to create a Boot Disk!!

BittaBrotha · 12-09-2002, 02:25 AM

As mention above, try creating a boot disk. Also you may want to check this site out, http://www.anikin.com/sager/Sager.html if you haven't already. It's not exactly yours, but may give you ideas!