Re: laptop + 2.1.57 resetting before printing "Uncompressing Linux"
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 19:52:03 +0100 (BST)
> > Yup, "bzimage" kernels don't work with the Dell Xpi laptops. They
> > reboot just as you describe (even with the 2.0.x kernels). This makes
> > installing Debian Linux a pain. (I'm recompiling a 2.0.30 kernel as I
> > write this, so I can install Debian on my Xpi.)
> >
> > I remember reading that at some point in the 2.1.x series bzimage
> > became the default. BTW, I have P75 Dell XPi.
> >
>
> I had the same problem with an IBM ThinkPad 380.
I can't speak for the thinkpad but the problem with some craptops is that
they are using chipsets that aren't designed to handle A20 properly. The
A20 line switch doesnt flush the cache and the machine dies horribly.
The only real way to fix this is probably to teach lilo to flush the
caches at the right moment.