[tlinux-users:08396] Re: asking help for Linux installation on Toshiba M100

Your suggestion provides plenty of infomation:) thanks

just as sigfridov's laptop, mine also has a Intel duo core2, but I
don't think it matters if I install a x86 arch on it (and it is said
that some certain softwares like flash-plugin can not work well on
amd64 arch. is that true?)

Also, I will follow your guidance and reinstall Kubuntu 6.10 with a
live CD and try to figure the problem out. If it doesn't work, maybe
Gentoo would be the last hope I could turn to.

There is no denying that Gentoo is really fantastic, however,  it
changed to much from "orthodox" distributions like Debian or so, I'm
afraind I can not get used to it quickly^_^




2007/2/17, Christopher Covington <[email protected]>:
> I had awful trouble with networking on my A105 until I figured out
> that I needed to disable firewire when booting up the gentoo livecd.
> If you can't find any boot options that fix your networking problems,
> it is possible to install gentoo (if you're willing to spend a lot of
> time and effort getting to know your system internals real well) with
> a usb stick. You have to download the necessary source tarballs for
> your kernel sources, syslog and dhcp client daemon and burn them to cd
> or copy them to a usb stick and stick them in /usr/portage/distfiles
> (default location) to get a jumpstart system running from which you
> can use the network. I did that before I figured out the nofirewire
> trick. If you're interested in Gentoo or probably any other
> from-scratch distro you can also use basically any livecd i.e.
> systemrescuecd or damnsmalllinux if they are able to boot up
> successfully.
>
> But enough about Gentoo. Can you press I (letter i) during bootup with
> kubuntu to enter interactive mode? I remember my red hat installation
> back in the day had that feature (and I've got it turned on on my
> Gentoo-powered Satellite). In interactive mode you might be able to
> skip over whatever isn't working. Perhaps with more detailed boot
> information is available--try pressing f2 during boot? If you can pin
> down the exact problem, solutions would probably be easier to find.
>
> Much luck,
> Chris
>
> On 2/16/07, 葛元恺 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > yeah, it brings along with an pre-install XP Home Edition. However,
> > I've formatted the disk and re-install a WindowXP on the first primary
> > partition and LINUX's "/" on a logical partition( that might be
> > problematic in some old linux distributions while recent distributions
> > are said to work well though).
> >
> > However, if I choose "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS-up(2.6.9-34.ELsmp)",
> > it can boot-up while "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS(2.6.9-34EL)" makes
> > it halt at checking hardwares. I've looked up the difference betweent
> > the two kernels and find that "AS" support dual-core(like mine, T5500)
> > and "AS-up" simply does not.
> >
> > That might be the problem, I guess.
> > However, as I tried before, the "RedHat Enterprise Linux AS" can work
> > well with a Xeon( two dual-core CPU) Dell Power Edge Server. So, can
> > anyone help me to figure out where the problem is?
> >
> >
> >
> > 2007/2/16, Carolyn Oates <[email protected]>:
> > > Did it come with Windows pre-installed with back-up
> > > also on the HD? This caused major problems for setting
> > > up Linux. I think it had something with the Windows
> > > backup. Its been too long for me to remember exactly
> > > how we got around the problem, but had to use Linux
> > > disk partitioner (I'm no Linux expert, so a friend
> > > helped.)
> > >
> > > SUSE 10.0 has more problems with Toshiba HW than 9.1
> > > did (making me more Linux shy), but in the last couple
> > > months I tried Knoppix and Ubuntu. Both run great. All
> > > HW, but wireless is recognized and automatically
> > > set-up correctly.
> > >
> > > --- ¸ðÔªâý <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks for ur reply:)
> > > >
> > > > I've tried as you suggest. It still halts at the
> > > > booting process when
> > > > "Initializing hardware... storage network" after I
> > > > connet the laptop
> > > > to a DHCP lan( under which, WinXP can works well
> > > > with the network). I
> > > > even tried to DISABLE build-in LAN(the LAN is
> > > > accerated on the
> > > > mainboard), but it still halts...
> > > >
> > > > Also, I waited patiently to see if it is trying to
> > > > get a DHCP address,
> > > > whereas after more than 20 minutes, nothing happens~
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2007/2/16, Nick Wright <[email protected]>:
> > > > > That might just be an issue with DHCP -- possibly
> > > > the laptop is trying
> > > > > to retrieve an IP address but is failing to do so.
> > > > DHCP should
> > > > > eventually time out -- how long are you waiting
> > > > before deciding that
> > > > > it's gotten stuck? Also, it could be an issue with
> > > > linux trying to
> > > > > detect/install the card -- wireless or otherwise.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just to experiment: try booting up with it on a
> > > > network with a DHCP
> > > > > server (if you haven't already tried this).
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, try disabling the network cards in the BIOS
> > > > to see if it gets past
> > > > > that point in the boot process. Once you are in
> > > > Linux you might be able
> > > > > to fix up the boot process, re-enable the network
> > > > devices in the bios
> > > > > and then boot up normally.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ??? wrote:
> > > > > > Hello, I'm new to this community. hope that I
> > > > can get help from you
> > > > > > and I'm glad to share everything I can to help
> > > > others :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've just bought a Toshiba M100 laptop (Core2
> > > > T5500/ 1G ram/ 80G SATA
> > > > > > disk/ DVD+-RW/ Card Reader/ Bluetooth/ 802.11/
> > > > etc.), and tring to
> > > > > > install LINUX on it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > However, Installation of "Kubuntu 6.10-desktop"
> > > > is very successuful
> > > > > > but the booting-up process halt at a certain
> > > > position when loading
> > > > > > some thing and I can not even normally get
> > > > access to the login window.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And then I tried "Redhat Enterprise AS4"----the
> > > > installaton also
> > > > > > succeed but again failed at booting-up. When the
> > > > screen showing
> > > > > > "initializing Hardwares...storage, network", the
> > > > system halts and can
> > > > > > not even response to "Ctrl+C" keypress.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I wonder if there is something wrong with the
> > > > "network"? or Toshiba
> > > > > > laptops are uncommon that need some other
> > > > process to be done before
> > > > > > installation? BTW, I've tried Microsoft Windows
> > > > XP on the laptop and
> > > > > > everything works well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd be very glad if anyone could give me some
> > > > advice, or showing me
> > > > > > some probable available distributions can could
> > > > work on the Toshiba M
> > > > > > Series~
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks a lot ^_^
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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