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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:18050 comp.unix.bsd:8666 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!slsvaat!us-es.sel.de!simon From: simon@us-es.sel.de (Simon Toomer Fa. SSW) Subject: Re: fter installing SLS, no response from keyboard!!!! Message-ID: <1992Dec7.154120.2754@us-es.sel.de> Sender: news@us-es.sel.de Organization: SEL-Alcatel Line Transmission Systems Dept. US/ES References: <1992Nov23.075612.6322@pool.info.sunyit.edu> <1fkfklINNnit@tamsun.tamu.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 92 15:41:20 GMT Lines: 48 In article <1fkfklINNnit@tamsun.tamu.edu>, ail8070@tamuts.tamu.edu (Andy I. Liaw) writes: |> Someone please help! |> |> I installed SLS on the following system: |> 486-50dx2, 16mb RAM, 2 maxtor 213mb harddrives, dos5 and os2 on the first |> drive, with boot manager installed. |> 1.)|> I ran 'fdisk /dev/hdb' and set three partitions for linux: 2 60mb partitions |> (hdb1 and hdb3. hdb2 is a 70mb FAT) and the rest hdb4 (about 12mb). 2.)|> I then mkfs /dev/hdb1 61712, and the same for hdb3, and then ran |> doinstall /dev/hdb1. |> When asked if using extend FS instead of minix, answered 'n'. |>Then I chose 3 to install a, b, c, and x series. During the installations, |> There were messages saying '/user/*.tar not found'. After I installed |> all the disks, I put in the bootable floppy, and reboot as told. |> |> When booting up, everything seems find until I get to the Softland login |> prompt: I get the cursor blinking but not responding to any keyboard input!! |> |> I can't even reboot with alt-ctrl-del at that point! Can anyone offer |> some clues as to why this happens? Any suggestions/comments appreciated! |> |> Thanx ahead. |> |> andy |> aliaw@stat.tamu.edu |> Excuse fingers in breaking up your posting into sequences anyway .... Did you reboot between 1 and 2, you need to reboot after writing the partitition table If not clear your partition table with fdisk and start again and use mkfs after you've rebooted and continue with doinstall ..... Hope that cures your problem. PS. do you have linux .98.5 with Xfree86.1.0, I had problems Xfree86.1.1 and linux .98.1 i.e. needed to recompile the kernel for TCP/IP and X failed with could not find fixed fonts all this is corrected in the linux .98.5 with Xfree86.1.0, (SLS) distribution and works wunderful on a 486DX-33 (16M) 200MB notebook admitedly with external ET4000 card via docking station ( I'm looking at getting it to work on internal 640x450 vga) Regards Simon T. simon@us-es.sel.de