Attempting to install on Dell 433/M
I'm attempting to install the 2.0.6 disk image on a Dell 433/M (486 processor).
This machine appears to have VGA video integrated on the motherboard. It has
a mono monitor.
The machine has an Adaptec 1510 or 1520 SCSI card and one SCSI disk.
I have tested the boot disk on another machine, and I have read it on this
machine (which currently has SCO Unix on it), so I know that this disk is OK.
It displays 'Loading root.bin...' and then blanks the screen (which does not
happen on the other, non-Dell machine on which I tested this disk.)
The floppy continues to be read for a while; I think that it is probably
getting as far as the first screen of the installation, but the screen
continues blank. I have tried entering `M' and `C' at this point, but
without success.
Has anyone any suggestions on how to get round this, please? Are there any
boot options I can include to change the behaviour of the machine?
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Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
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"And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are
whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I
come not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance." Luke 5:31,32
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