Re: Can't boot into Linux after Install

[Frederik Scholaert <Frederik.Scholaert@rug.ac.be>]

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, christoph hebeisen wrote:

> > I've installed potato from CDROM on a new Lifetec Laptop with Windows
> > ME pre-installed. When I rebooted into Linux at the end of the
> > installation, everything seems to initialize fine, but the computer
> > blocks at 'Loading PCMCIA Services : cardmgr.' or something like this.
> > As I don't have PCMCIA cards, i skipped the corresponding menu in the
> > installation program.
> 
> hit crtl. c - then the computer should boot up normally afterwards. then
> deinstall pcmcia-cs via dpkg -r.
> 

Unfortunately, hitting ctrl-c or whatever key-combination doesn't work
either, no reaction at all, so i have to do a hard reset!
 
I see no way out of my problem, anybody ideas?

Thanx,
Frederik