Re: Dead-in-the-water
There is just one LAN connector and though I believe it can run
at 1Gb my network is at 100Mb. But in any case I need to have
it connected for a net install. I have made some progress
by switching back to sarge.
Richard
On Wed December 28 2005 02:09, Emeric Maschino wrote:
> Hello Richard,
>
> I had a similar problem with my USB keyboard on my zx6000 when trying to
> install Debian Etch beta 1. Are there 10/100Mbps and Gb LAN connectors
> on the zx2000? For a reason that I can't understand, removing the Gb LAN
> cable from the outlet makes my zx6000 installable with Etch beta (i.e.
> usable USB keyboard). Once Etch was installed and updated, I reconnected
> the Gb LAN and everything is fine now.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Emeric
>
> Le dimanche 25 décembre 2005 à 22:13 -0800, Richard Harke a écrit :
> > I have a HP ZX2000. Normally I lhave been leaving it running but
> > I shut down a few days ago.When I booted it, I was able to login
> > but when I did a startxit apparently reset. Then it went into the boot
> > sequence again. After that I had a lot of trouble with re-booting.
> >
> > I opened the case and did a good job of cleaning out dust. Now its
> > slightly more stable but it still wouldn't boot because it wouldn't get
> > past the file system check. Message was to enter root passwd for
> > maintenance but keyboard wasn't working. Went to recovery system on HP CD
> > Couldn't find a valid file system. Decided to do a complete re-install.
> >
> > I was able to boot debian net install but it won't install because it
> > can't find the CDROM. Suggests I do net install instead. But this is the
> > net install (ETCH beta)
> >
> > Also tried the "newer" image for etch. Get a message that there is no
> > kernel on the CD
> >
> > Could these last issues still be hardware and if so what is the prime
> > suspect?
> > Or did th debian site have a problem?
> >
> > Richard Harke
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