Have you tried a "Live" distrobution, like Knoppix? On 10/12/06, Sam Martin <s.earl.martin at gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/12/06, Chris Frederick <cdf123 at cdf123.net> wrote: > > You could try gentoo. There's a couple 2.6.18s in portage. They > > haven't been flagged as stable yet, but I wouldn't think there would be > > a problem with running the vanilla kernel. > > Thanks for the tip. I'll have to take a look at gentoo. > > > If all you need is the kernel, shouldn't you be able to load any distro > > that supports a generic x86 processor and build 2.6.18 yourself? I know > > some distros add in their own patches, but they're usually not too critical. > > It's the "load any distro" step that I can't get past. So far, I > haven't been able to find a magic incantation that makes any of my > generic install cds recognize my dvd drive, which leads to a "no > installation medium found" type of message somewhere in the boot > process. I'm hoping that the updated kernel, which supposedly has > better support for my hardware, will get me past that step. I may try > installing with the cd image stored on some external medium, but for > now, I'm pretty much stuck. > > > sm > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >