saivert
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Posted: May 11 2005,08:19 |
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The BIOS loads the Live-CD version of DSL (kernel 2.4.26, DSL 1.0) but it hangs right after the two penguins are displayed on the screen. The solid caret blinks three times before it hangs, leaving no error message (so I can now what the problem is). I manage to boot the Live-CD when using the "failsafe" boot option, and also when using "expert" when manually specifying ide-cd.o and ide-scsi.o (no other modules are neccessary).
The computer I'm using is a standard Dell OptiPlex GX270 (Intel Pentium 4 HT, 1024MB RAM, Intel Extreme Graphics).
I'm actually writing this post from within DSL and using Firefox, so I know it should work. There is just something that locks up the system during normal boot (when not using "failsafe" or "expert").
The reason why I post this in the HD-Install section is because I installed DSL (executed with "failsafe" from Live-CD) to the HD.
My partitions (single drive only):
Partition No., Type, Size, My Comment
#1, FAT16, 100 MB, Dell Utility Partiton (contains some diagnostic tools)
#2, Linux swap (type 82), 512MB, Used the setup from the manual
#3, Linux (type 83), 3000MB, Same as in manual except 3GB instead of suggested 2GB
When I boot into the Linux partition using Lilo (it installed withouth errors from mkliloboot) it doesn't display the Penguins like in Live-CD version but lists up a lot of status messages as it boots. It hangs right after it has finished probing the ATA drives (it finds the first drive a Western Digital one), and after two probelines with some other device (CDROM I guess).
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