I couldn't install slink at all on my Optiplex DGX. The machine locked completely during the ramdisk image load. I bootstrapped the CD installer from a DOS boot disk. Maybe the Potato boot floppies would work better for you?
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > I'm trying to install slink on Dell Optiplex GX1. Strangely, > during initial installation I was not able to install LILO or > even a kernel on a floppy, getting failure messages for each. > I created a boot floppy and unpacking resc1440.bin unto another > floppy, copying `linux' (the kernel) to disk and then dd'ing it > to the floppy again. Lastly, I rdev'ed the floppy to set the > root partition as /dev/hdb2. This floopy boots okay until the > end where I get the error `unable to open console' and then it > hangs there. > > Any hints? Booting the rescue CD again, I see that /dev/console > does exist on /dev/hdb2 (my initial guess). > > Thanks, > -- > Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada > P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 > 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
