[GRLUG] install of Core 3 on a Libretto 110CT

[kyle victor]

i have found a i386 version of glibc

but kernel has a i686 or i586

will i586 work?

i tried the boot options "acpi=off" and "noapic" and then tried "ide=nodma"

even tried all three together, didn't do it, but thank you none the less

if i586 will work i will try to force the kernel




On 4/25/06, Al Tobey <tobert at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/24/06, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Plain text anyone?  Here ya' go...
> >
> > On 4/24/06, kyle victor <computerguy.kyle at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hi guys,
> >
> > i was given this little Toshiba laptop thing a Libretto 110 CT, and i
> > want to get Core 3 on it (actually have a bet with a co-worker, he
> > says i cant) anyway i dont know if any of you guys have ever seen or
> > used one of these devices, yet its not a device question i have anyway
> > this device has no Floppy or CDROM so to do the install i pulled the
> > 2.5" hard drive and dropped it into a different laptop did a
> > auto-partition and installed very few modules pretty much very XFce,
> > firefox, and a couple edtitors
> >
> > i booted it once and edited inittab to runlevel 3 i put the drive back
> > in the device, and tried to boot it tries to load the kernel then
> > re-boots, and just loops i was wondering if any of you have seen an
> > install try to load the kernel and re-boot and/or if anyone has an
> > idea of what i should look at
>
> Try kernel options "acpi=off" and "noapic" first to see if those work.
>   Another one to try is "ide=nodma".    You should be able to add
> these by interrupting GRUB and hitting "e" on the kernel line then
> appending these options.   Heck, try all three at once.
>
> You may also have to install the "i386" kernel and glibc instead of
> the "i686" if it is not a Pentium Pro, II or higher.  That will cause
> instant reboots, too.   There may be a way to force Fedora to install
> the i386 stuff.   I'm pretty sure Debian has an easy way to do it.
>
> In fact, the wikipedia has an entry for Librettos.   Looks like you
> have an original Pentium.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Libretto
>
> You'll have to replace your kernel and glibc with the i386 versions.
> These should be on the CD if you want to try:
> rpm -Uvh --force kernel-xxxxxx-i386.rpm glibc-xxxxxx-i386.rpm
>
> If you can get it to boot at all, try sending a copy of "lspci -v" out
> to this list.
>
> Lastly, google is your friend.
> http://home.hccnet.nl/pr.nienhuis/Lib110CT.html
>
> It appears you will have to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the
> video driver to use "vesa."   It's likely that running "Xorg
> -configure" will generate a suitable configuration for you if you can
> get into runlevel 3.   It'll write it to /root/xorg.conf.new (or
> something like that), which you can probably just copy into
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.   Make sure to keep a backup of the one you have,
> though.
>
> Good luck,
> -Al Tobey
>
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