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Article #58036Re: linux newbie boot problem
From: Matt McHugh
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 00:00
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Matt McHugh (matt@atn.atn7.oz.au) wrote: : G'day, : Hardware, DX2 66 M Oktek MB : 16Meg memory : S3 video card : vesa ide/floppy IF : Maxtor 7540 Drive 1 : Fujitsu 2681 Drive 2 : I downloaded Slackware bootdisk bare.gz and rootdisk color.gz : also disk series A (1-5). : When I ran the bootdisk (bare) my hardware was reported to the : screen. Both drives then Floppy drive A then FDC....... and : then the memory allocations. : I then ran the rootdisk, installed the partitions, installed the : disk series A and then wrote the Lilo loader to the MBR of Drive 0. : I then rebooted and yipeee Lilo let me boot my NT partition. : I then rebooted and booted linux, my hardware was reported to the screen : but after ( FDC 0 is a ....) and before ( memory .......) the system just : hangs. : Could anyone please enlighten me as I have exhausted all other avenues. Solved, I found after a lightbulb clicked on that my network card was conflicting with something, removed it and Hey presto ! I got the darkstar login. Cheers Matt
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,63edf319b762ac3b X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: matt@atn.atn7.oz.au (Matt McHugh) Subject: Re: linux newbie boot problem Date: 1996/08/04 Message-ID: <DvLt8y.o6v@atn.atn7.oz.au> X-Deja-AN: 171894215 references: <DvHCFu.I8v@atn.atn7.oz.au> organization: Channel 7 newsgroups: aus.computers.linux