Re: linux first boot

["Noah L. Meyerhans" <frodo@ccs.neu.edu>]

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On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Paloschi Diego Esteban (ceb1_98) wrote:

> When I boot my pc with the debian first install I get to the boot:
> prompt ok. When I press enter, a quick page of info passes by to quick
> to read and then my pc re-boots itself.

The problem has something to do with your TX chipset in your motherboard.
I remember quite a few people having problems with this.  There IS a fix
for it, though I don't remember what it is.  You'll find the fix if you
search the kernel mailing list in the december '97 - Feb '98 range, I
think.  You probably just need a more recent kernel.

There are many places to find this archive.
http://linux.ucs.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/ will work.

> As a Linux novice I'm not sure what minimal hardware is required for my
> first boot.

Heh...a 386, some RAM, and maybe 40 MB of disk space.

noah

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