Problems loading DSL

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Problems loading DSL
started by: Current

Posted by Current on July 08 2006,16:19

I'm trying to load DSL in a Toshiba Satellite 4060XCDT with following specs:
Mobile Pentium333MHz
Memory(MAX) 64MB(192MB)
HDD 4.3GB
Display 14.1inch TFT 1024x768
Display controller Trident Cyber9525DVD
Video RAM 2.5MB
Sound PCI

This is the error I get and it freezes here:

So, what am I doing wrong and what can I do?

Thanks

Posted by jgam on July 08 2006,16:59

I have a little older Toshiba 4010cdt

I had to use fb800x600 and choose fbserv when booting.

Don't know if this will apply to you.

Posted by Current on July 08 2006,17:04

Sorry but I'm a complete newbie in Linux
How do I do that: "fb800x600 and choose fbserv when booting"

Posted by jgam on July 08 2006,17:36

So was I...

When booting DSL, are you going off the CD?

When you boot off the CD, you get the boot prompt. At this point you can type what are known as "cheat codes". If you press f2 or f3 you will get a list of cheat codes.

Posted by Current on July 08 2006,20:59

Solved! It seems it has always to work in "fb" mode.
Can these settings (fb,fbserv,keyboard,etc) be saved for the next reboots? I already installed DSL in the hdd and the idea is to minimize the user input in the boot sequence so it can be used by morons

I need it to boot the correct way and go to the desktop without user intervention

Regards

Posted by jgam on July 08 2006,21:35

Wish I knew. Trying to figure that out right now.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 09 2006,00:47

for those time warnings I'm assuming that your date is not set correctly... just fyi.

To change the boot options automatically, that depends on how you are booting DSL.
I guess you'd be using the default 'current' iso for your livecd. To change them all you have to do is edit the cfg in the isolinux dir in the iso. You will have to reburn this though.

Posted by Current on July 09 2006,01:37

I'm using a frugal HDD install now

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 09 2006,02:21

are you using grub or lilo?

I guess you'd be using grub, so you'll have to edit [....]/boot/grub/menu.lst
or wherever the config is installed to.

Posted by Current on July 09 2006,16:45

It's lilo

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 09 2006,22:34

You'll have to edit your lilo.conf and then overwrite your mbr by using
$ sudo lilo -C /path/to/your/lilo.conf

Look for the APPEND= line.