Can you provide more context? I'm not sure exactly where in the installation this is (I don't have to reinstall Debian regularly <g>), or if your system is *entirely* nonresponsive. Have you tried switching to another virtual console? On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 12:35:25AM -0700, Screwy Squirrel (holemanj@ucs.orst.edu) wrote: > Howdy all! I've been having some problems installing Debian 2.2. > When the installation reaches the point where it is installing the kernel > from the rescue disk, it hangs and give one error message.... actually > there are teo error messages that alternate with each further attempt. The > error messages are: > ioctl: LOOP_CLR_FD: Device not configured > and > ioctl: LOOP_CLR_FD: Device or resource busy > > anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks! > > +----------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ > |John E. Holeman | OSU Computer Science| > |754-3450 | OSU Atmospheric Science| > +----------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ > |holemanj@ucs.orst.edu |holemanj@cs.orst.edu | > |www.orst.edu/~holemanj |jholeman@oce.orst.edu | > +----------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ > | Are you pondering what I'm pondering? | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null > -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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