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slitaz 3.0 on ibm thinkpad 380xd hangs on live cd boot

hi all, im new to the linux scene, ive been browsing and trying out different versions of ubuntu for years and have finally decided to go and use it properly!

i came across slitaz whilst looking for a lightweight os and i want to say that you guys have done a great job and thank you for making it available to noobs like myself.

i am having a problem installing it on my old computer however, it seems to "hang" on "[<c0103927>]kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10"

does anyone know what this issue is and how can i work around it to get slitaz going on my old pc? i have tried installing it from another pc to the cf  (ssd) drive,then plugging it into the thinkpad, but no joy...

i have an old ibm thinkpad 380xd (200mhz 64mb ram) that i want to resurect as a net surfing and word processing device for my uni work, i was tempted to just go out and buy a netbook, but i like the retro styling ofthis old machine and it only uses two amps when running flat out, and with todays battery technology, it can be made to run for a long time on batteries available, plus i plan to can the old cd rom and fdd and put in another battery there (maybe)

any help here would be greatly appreciated!!!

mike

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: slitaz 3.0 on ibm thinkpad 380xd hangs on live cd boot

You will need to boot off the loram-cdrom version - http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/3.0/flavors/ because it only needs 32MB to boot compared to the default version that needs atleast 192MB RAM to boot into LiveCD mode.

Once installed it takes up to 160MB of HDD space and 32MB RAM to run. I would create a swap partition to take off some of the pressure from the RAM, 300MB should be fine for your needs.

One thing to note though is that some thinkpads are Notorious for being hard to get working, but it's worth it and luckily there is a whole wiki dedicated to them: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki