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Booting 2.11.5 from cd on old Satellite A60
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tina:
Hi everyone thanks for the look,
For background I'm only somewhat familiar with tinycore having used it as a file recovery tool on non-booting systems in the past and even installed it on a HD once. Anyways here is my problem.
I burnt the 2.11.5 iso onto a cdR and used it to successfully boot into a friend's somewhat newer laptop a few times to recovered some school files after their vista/xp upgrade/downgrade went haywire. I'd previously received an old dead Toshiba Satellite A60 CJW and figured I would see what was inside with tinycore as well. On booting I receive the error...
--- Quote ---Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
--- End quote ---
...followed by a dead command line.
Googling this lead me to believe it was an error occurring with old computers due to APM ACPI compatibility issues, however flagging them off as best I could did not result in any changes. The BIOS on the Toshiba is version 1.90 (as best as I can tell the most recent update for the unsupported box) and I also snagged this line off the manufacturers page if it helps at all.
--- Quote ---VESA V2.0, DPMS, DDC, SM BIOS V2.3, PCI BIOS Support V2.2
--- End quote ---
It's not the end of the world if I can't get this booted, and I'm guessing it's just the age of the computer compared to the TC-OS I'm running but I don't have any spare CDrs at the moment to try an older build of tinycore. Any help though would be appreciated. The Kernel panic error occurs quite early as well.
--- Quote ---Stack:
bunch of 8 digit hexidecimals
Call Trace:
bunch of [<c0######>} 0xc#######
Code: ... ## ... ##
EIP:
---[ end trace ################ ] --
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
_
--- End quote ---
Thanks
curaga:
Could point to a faulty memory stick. Can you run memtest on the laptop?
On 2.11.5, try the bootcodes "noapic nolapic acpi=off". Alternatively, try the latest 3.0 alpha.
tina:
thanks curago,
I tried those boot codes again but still same problem. Now it seems as though I won't be getting a solution as there is definitely something wrong with the battery charging hardware and I can't even get power on the box with it plugged in anymore :S
Salvage for parts time I think.
aus9:
hi
if you have already decided its for junk/parts.....it could be the charger....some neighbour should have a multimedia and be familar with testing live DC out........if that is good...meaning the charger is good....then you may have a battery type that is so old they get the "memory effect"
if that is true....get some one with a voltage regulator and ....whack it with a volt higher than the specified input but for a short period of time so it does not overcharge and cook.
worth a try if you have nothing to lose.....and I would try this only if you can remove battery pack....meaning
do not have battery insitu and risk frying your other components.
Try at own risk of course.
Juanito:
--- Quote from: aus9 on July 03, 2010, 02:00:59 AM ---..some neighbour should have a multimedia
--- End quote ---
.or even a multimeter ;)
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