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Posted: Feb. 16 2007,18:26 QUOTE
I downloaded and tried to install DSL images  dsl-3.2.iso and  dsl-3.2-syslinux.iso.  They both stop installing and hang up at:  
xauth:creating new authority file /home/dsl/xXauthority
xauth:creating new authority file /home/dsl/xXauthority
It says that twice like above.

I had first wiped the hard drive using Autoclave 0.3 to get rid of WindowsXP.  

Then set up 2 partitions:
    hda1 is Linux type 83, 5 GB space for main program
    hda2 is Linux type 82, 1.1 GB space for swap
Does it matter which one is first on the hard drive?

I made them both xf3 types.  Not sure if that is correct.

Older Toshiba 2595 CDT Laptop
196MB RAM
6.1 GB HDD
399 MHz Processor(Really 400 MHz)
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Posted: Feb. 16 2007,21:02 QUOTE
You might want to read my post about getting DSL to run on a Thinkpad 560e. I had a similar problem and found a way to fix it.

Here's the page:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....ad+560e
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Posted: Feb. 17 2007,03:49 QUOTE
It still does not work.  I repartitioned and reformatted to make a 5GB fat16 and 1GB fat16 for swap.  It still hangs in the same place.

What is vfat and how do I do it.  I am a newbie to Linux.

Thanks
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Posted: Feb. 17 2007,21:22 QUOTE
By vfat I mean fat16, which is the standard format for DOS/Windows file systems.

But I don't think that has anything to do with your problem. My guess is that your laptop needs XF86_SVGA and an appropriate XF86Config file.

Am I correct in assuming that you have already tried the various options given by the xsetup program? Do you end up with a funtioning text-based linux operating system? That is, do you end up with a dsl@box prompt?
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Posted: Feb. 27 2007,08:56 QUOTE
Hi,

I am having exactly the same problem with installing DSL on an old Toshiba Tecra 8300. This is after booting with the nopcmcia option. Did you finally get a solution for this issue.

Strange thing is that I had a perfectly working Fedora core 2 installation on there before. I wiped the whole disk with GParted and created two partitions, one 5.5Gb ext3 and one 500Mb linux swap file.

Cheers,

Patrick
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