Re: Toshiba TE2300 under Linux?
From: Ross Maloney (R.Maloney_at_murdoch.edu.au)
Date: 12/06/03
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Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:24:22 +0800
The bootloader when I tried to install from the standard RedHat 9.0 CDs stalled
before opening. The last lines from the loader were:
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
ide-floopy driver 0.99.newide
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 <hda5 hda6 hda7>
ide-floppy driver, newide
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
and then everything stopped.
If I used the standard RedHat 8.0 CDs, then the installation appeared to go as
normal. However, on booting, the last lines from the bootloader were:
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
PCI.IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=24ca
PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions
PCI_IDE: (ide_setup_pci_device:) Could not enable device.
and again the loading process stopped.
The standard RedHat 8.0 and 9.0 CDs worked correctly on the Toshiba TE2000, but
not on the TE2300. One difference between these two models is that the USB has
gone from 1.0 to 2.0.
I am following up on the VG Computing lead. As was said, they appear to have
loaded RedHat 9.0 on a TE2300. The model mentioned on their web site used a
1.5GHz processor where as mine is 1.6GHz but I don't think that should make a
difference in loading Linux.
Ross
Dances With Crows wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 12:24:12 +0800, Ross Maloney staggered into the
> Black Sun and said:
> > Has anybody had success in loading Linux onto a Toshiba Satellite Pro
> > TE2300 laptop?
>
> http://www.vgcomputing.com.au/nstoshiba8.html says this model is
> available with Redhat 9 installed, so either VG Computing has managed it
> or they're a lying sack of weasels.
>
> > I loaded Red Hat 9 and everything looked successful until I attempted
> > to boot the new OS; the hard disk could not be found.
>
> What was the exact error that the kernel (or bootloader) reported? Do
> *not* paraphrase any error messages that you saw; it makes diagnosis and
> solution-finding very difficult.
>
> > interesting because the same hard disk had been supplied with Windows
> > XP loaded, and that worked properly.
>
> Not surprising; Toshiba has to make their machines work properly with
> 'Doze or the users bitch. They don't care nearly as much about Linux
> because they don't hear as many users demanding Linux on their machines.
> Have you complained to Toshiba about this?
>
> > I then attempted to reload Windows XP from the recovery CDs provided
> > onto that same hard disk. However GRUB appeared when I booted.
>
> That's not a very good recovery CD, is it? DOS bootdisk followed by
> FDISK /MBR is the common cure here.
>
> > When I repeated the whole Linux/Windows cycle again, but this time
> > using LIDO
>
> There is no Linux bootloader called "LIDO".
>
> > LIDO appeared when attempting to boot Windows XP. So it would appear
> > that Linux has written something horrible on the hard disk.
>
> LILO and GRUB are perfectly capable of booting 'Doze, Linux, or *BSD.
> Usually, the easiest way to get everything working properly is to put
> GRUB/LILO on the MBR and configure the bootloader such that it has 2 (or
> more) options available. The installer usually does this automatically.
>
> > I think this is one of those cases of Linux having to catch up with
> > hardware advances.
>
> Something similar to what you describe happened to me 4.5 years ago when
> I tried to install SuSE 6.1 on a bog-standard x86 desktop with 'Doze98.
> The real problem was that I hadn't followed the instructions properly.
> Second time I tried it, everything worked fine.
>
> > Does any body know of work proceeding in this regard?
>
> x86 laptops and desktops are all pretty much alike when it comes to
> bootloader configuration. /boot/grub/menu.lst should look like so:
>
> # begin menu.lst
> default 0
> timeout 30
>
> title=Linux
> root (hd0,1) # Adjust according to where you put /boot
> kernel /boot/kernel-2.4.22-redhat root=/dev/hda5
>
> title=Win2K
> root (hd0,0) # this doesn't usually change
> chainloader +1
> # end menu.lst
>
> Read http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html and
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap23 for some
> general advice about asking questions in technical forums and
> configuring GRUB. HTH,
>
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