Re: Newbie going crazy........part 2
** Reply to note from Lawrence Lucier <lucier@bossie.cow-net.com Sun, 21 Sep 1997 01:28:15 PST
Howdy all...........:-)
Still having problems with trying to install Debian........I have included my original message
below but am also providing some new information on this:
The boot floppy will proceed loading various drivers until this one is displayed:
"VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly."
Anyone have any idea what driver Debian loads next?
Also I have a old Herc amber monitor hooked up to this computer........could this be a source of
potential problems (eg: not the right video driver being loaded?) Can't see how it would be
considering everything has been texted based during the install but thought I might as well ask
anyways.
Can anyone suggest a URL for a good FAQ or primer which covers installing Debian.......the one I
have is kinda scant on information regarding install problems.........
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Picked up the following files:
9-18-97 2:24p 1474560 42 base14-1.bin
9-18-97 2:28p 1474560 42 base14-2.bin
9-18-97 2:27p 1474560 42 base14-3.bin
9-18-97 2:23p 1299456 42 base14-4.bin
9-18-97 12:05p 1474560 42 drv1440.bin
9-18-97 11:14a 50556 0 install.txt
9-18-97 1:08p 17863 42 rawrite2.exe
9-18-97 12:10p 1474560 42 resc1440.bin
Followed the directions layed out in install.txt to make the boot, rescue, base, and driver
floppies using rawrite2.exe. Didn't appear to be any problems involved with generating the
floppies.
Have run through the install proceedure three times now, ending up with the same problem(s)
each time:
The following error message is generated when the installation program is setting up Debian
so that it can be booted from the harddrive:
sbin/dinstall: /target/sbin/lilo: not found
When exiting the installation program upon completing the setup, the setup program asks if
the user wants the system rebooted.........when I answer yes, all that happens is a couple of
lines of text stating "Closing xxxxx files" etc. The reboot does not take place......the
computer is just left hanging there displaying those lines of text.
When I try using the boot floppy disk (NOT the rescue disk), the boot appears to proceed
correctly but again I am left with a hung screen.........the driver text info is displayed as
it's being loaded but then I can proceed no further. (Keyboard is functional as I can still
type but commands are not being processed.)
Any thoughts on why these things are occuring would be greatly appreciated......thanks! :-)
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