arctic Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 i tried to install mandrake 10.1 OE on a lappy and i need to run it with a 2.4. kernel until the router-problems (ipv6 stuff) are fixed in the 2.6 kernel. so i went off, installed the system and to my horror, i realized that i can boot with the 2.6 kernel (although there is no properly working lan) but whenever i try to boot with one of the 2.4.27 options, i simply get a black screen even before a biios-check is made and nothing works. the machine is plain dead. is the 2.4 kernel simply unusable for a laptop? (never used it on laptops before) or is there some special trick how i can get that "older" kernel running properly, so i can boot the system without getting a black-screen-of death? any ideas? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 2.4 kernels are perfectly usable - I use one. I don't have 2.6, so, maybe, their ill co-existance causes the problem... Say (just guessing) you could check whether /etc/modules, /etc/modules.conf and the like point to the right modules... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted November 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 thanx for the hint. will check it later. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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