Re: Beginner question

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

agentsagent@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi apologies if this is primitive,
>  
> I've just installed Debian 3.0 and lilo successfully using woody, but 
> when the system is booting it goes through all the configurations then 
> it suddenly freezes at /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. I have also 
> noticed it stalls when it aligns its system clock (but I free it with 
> Ctrl & C). Has anyone any idea what the problem could be?
>  
> Thanks
> Dave

Try booting into single-user mode:

boot: linux single

If that works, then the problem is probably fixable fairly easily; it'll 
just take some experimentation. If that doesn't work, try a LiveCD, like 
Knoppix, to see if it boots.

--
Kent