User Feedback :: Booting process stops?

Hi,

In the past, I have managed (very easily) to get DSL working, on a range of laptops and desktops. Never had a problem. Used to show DSL booting to friends and family on their machines - just to amaze them!

But, now have a problem.

Am trying to get DSL working on a PC clone, with a small ATX board (one of the square type) that has integrated sound, video and audio (SIS 620), 576mb RAM, Pentium II 400mhz, with two HDDs, CD R/W and FDD.

The booting process goes fine through the CPU, RAM, video, etc. Then the two IDE channels are checked, the two HDDs and the CD R/W are found (and correctly indentified).

Then the retro DSL "....no warranty...." message appears.

Then the boot process halts.

I have tried "failsafe" and lots of combinations of "noxxx". I tried taking out one of the HDDs. I tried Feather linux 0.7.4 and Knoppix 3.8.

Always the same result.

Any help much appreciated.

Regards,

Geoff.

Try a Poorman's install:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Boot_Floppies

Check out the bios...something is causing it to hang up...if not try the syslinux image of DSL

Brian
AwPhuch

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.

cbagger: will do

awphuch: excuse my ignorance but I thought the CD boot used syslinux, there are such files in the 'boot' directory?

Regards,

Geoff.

No the current.iso uses isolinux..there is a special release that uses syslinux that boots better on older hardware

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/

Brian
AwPhuch

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