Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 10:55:52AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote:
> So sorry -- I realized that more info was required, but didn't want to clog
> the works.
>
> It's a Sparc IPC w/ 48 meg memory (32 ram /16 rom), 1.3 gig scsi hdd, cdrom,
> tape backup . . . I'm installing from the cdrom from disks I purchased from
> Debian after I had the same prob w/ floppies I made from the free disk
> images at Debian -- figured it was a media prob.
>
> I checked the log. Other than the timestamp (and therefore the system time)
> being about 8 hours ahead, nothing seems to have happened.
>
> There are two lines:
>
> aug 18 16:05:40 (none) Syslogd Started: BusyBox v0.43
> (2000.08.03-15:11*0000)
>
> aug 18 16:08:22 (none) user.info dbootstrap[38]:
> __
>
> I am able to use F3 to access the shell: I can 'pwd' and get root, and I
> 'ls' and get 'I/O error' -- beyond that, I am unsure what to do here
I assume you mean F2? You should switch to console 2 (ALT+F2), and hit
return, which will give you a shell prompt. Try doing a "ps ax" to see
the process list.
Ben
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