[ltp] Cannot install debian on th 600e type 2645 - 55u

[le bobby]

Le samedi 21 ao=FB 2004 =E0 15 h 47, toffe prit sa plus fine plume pour
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> Hey!


hoy!

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> I had some weird stuff going on with my 600. But then I found out
> that if I remove the battery (its broke and the orange charge led is
> flashing all the time) all  installation/boot etc problems went
> away. And I have confirmed this a couple of times.

thanks, i'm gonna try that at once!!

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> Regards /C
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> le bobby wrote:
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> >Hi everyone, i'm knew on this ml.
> >
> >I'm trying to install debian on this laptop (300MHz, 6.4GB,
> >196032kb, cdrom, no floppy).
> >
> >I received it with w98 on the first partition while the second one
> >was used to backup data (both vfat).
> >
> >So i moved all of my personal data on the second partition and then
> >installed a debian sarge on the first partition so i could plip the
> >data to an other notebook. everything went write.
> >
> >then i decided to re-install but with better partitionning sheme.
> >and then the problems began.=20
> >
> >i tried with a sarge-net-install which worked for the first
> >install and on other boxes, but now impossible to partition, the
> >system justfreezed and i had to unplug the battery to turn the damn
> >machine off!
> >
> >so i tried with woody and the same problem occured, so i tried with
> >knoppix 3.4 and it work but only in the safemode mode. but it
> >helped because i could cat /proc/meminfo and /proc/cpuinfo to see
> >that not all the memory was recognized (20% only ) and that the cpu
> >was at 70MHz instead of 300.
> >
> >so i googled around and discovered that the th600e could have
> >problems when using lm-sensors. but i don't think i used it. anyway
> >i also read that a bios flash could help, so i did it and the bios
> >is now updated and memory and cpu are alright, if the "Easy Setup"
> >is right.
> >
> >i then tried again but didn't get it ok.
> >
> >
> >and now i really lost, help is welcome.
> >
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >
> >steve
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> >
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