[GTALUG] Booting Jessie from USB

Wed Apr 1 14:09:53 UTC 2015

On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 09:57:44AM -0400, Alex Volkov wrote:
> Hi Giles,
> 
> Debian Jessie is running 3.16 which doesn't support c720 hardware. If
> you want to try out Debian, you either need to install wheezy ( but that
> kernel doesn't support touchpad), or install any kernel that is version
> 3.17 or above.
> I suggest you download one from experimental and install it manually --
> https://packages.debian.org/experimental/kernel/linux-image-3.19.0-trunk-amd64
> 
> I've been running it for a few months on my c720 without any issues.

Debian's 3.16 kernel has support for the C720 as of mid january.

See http://bugs.debian.org/774209

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Len Sorensen