[lug] Re: [lug]Linux apm problem was OT: Wiring recommendations?

[Elyse Grasso]

On Tuesday 19 March 2002 03:52 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 01:52:51PM -0700, Elyse Grasso wrote:

> > The training lab student machines dual-boot Win2k and KRUD, but we can't 
yet 
> > do Linux training on them.  Dell 2500s have a broken apm implementation 
(apm 
> > crashes in the BIOS at Linux boot time), which stops the pcmcia ports 
from 
> > working. However, 7.2 recognizes the builtin ethernet ports (7.1 did 
not), so 
> > if we get a training job that wants Linux client machines we may need to 
> > invest in a hub and some cables. 
> 
> Couldn't one kernel be rebuilt without APM support and copied to the
> other machines?  Just a thought...
> 
I tried disabling APM, and the machines boot, but pcmcia doesn't come up.