Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 15:22:56 -0800, Brad Boyer composed:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 04:26:03PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote:
>
> In my experience with the Debian installer, it was almost always possible
> to go back.
i've never been able to _not_ go back. at worst you just reboot off the
floppy again.
> > I'm on the screen right now that wants me to provide the packages, and it
> > doesn't recognize the ftp protocol from the computer sitting next to it, it
> > also doesn't recognize my corporate gateway so I can't connect to the debain
> > website.
>
> Does it give any errors? Some of the other consoles may have more info.
> Try switching to other consoles and see what is there. use Alt-Fn to go
> to console number 'n'. The installer interface should be on 1, so use
> Alt-F1 to get back. I don't remember which console has the error logs,
> so try several of them (maybe 3, which would be Alt-F3).
there are 4 in all, vt 4 i can't remember what it is, should be in the
install guide. vt 3 is the log, and vt 2 is the shell.
simon
> Brad Boyer
> flar@allandria.com
>
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