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Brian Sheehan (brian@rosebery.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: I'm trying to install Linux from the new Que Using Linux book, which 
: uses Slackware V2.

: However, when I come to boot the machine totally locks up at the 
: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regions of the University of Calafornia
: prompt.

OK - the problem seems to be that the kernel is getting stuck on some piece
of hardware you don't have. The best way is to use the "minimum" boot disk
possible - bearing in mind that this is just for installation - not for
*running* once installed. If you are installing from CD on a mitsumi CDROM
drive, you will want something like the sbpcd kernel. Once installed you
can recompile the kernel to use whatever drivers you have, thus optimising
it and removing conflicts.

Alternatively you could try getting down one of the boot-disks from the
Slacware installation:
src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/packages/linux/slackware-mirror/slakinst

The above is a bit of a guess ... go into the boot disk directory, and select
the kernel you want to download (using ftp) in *BINARY* mode.

Hopefully that will solve your problems.

Ivan
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Ivan Beveridge <iab@dreamtim.demon.co.uk>