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- From: mdm@dinosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Michael Moore)
- Subject: SLS Boot fails
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.022249.5960@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews )
- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 02:22:49 GMT
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- I finally got hold of the SLS distribution and am now ready to install
- the package. But when I boot off the a1 disk, this is what happens :
-
- Loading.............................................
- Press <RETURN> to see SVGA-modes available or <Space> to continue.
-
- The above text is not exact, but it is the first prompt that comes
- up after the loading..... stuff.. The keyboard works just fine while the
- dots are being printed (e.g. while it is loading) but the minute it goes
- to prompt me the keyboard locks up and I cannot do anything anymore, not
- even a alt-ctr-del.
-
- I read through all of the FAQs I could find but none of them seem
- to have any information on this sort of problem. I wish it was something
- I could fix but I don't know what else to try. I fiddled with all the CMOS
- options but none of them solved the problem.
-
- Please, if you know how to fix this let me know. I would greatly
- appreciate any help I can get in this matter. It is quite frustrating to
- know how great linux is, and all the stuff I could be doing with my IBM,
- but instead am twiddling with CMOS and begging drive A: to please work
- this time....
-
- Thanks a million,
-
- -Michael
-
- PS - My configuration is as follows :
-
- 486DX2-66
- Seagate IDE 233 megabyte hard driver (12 Ms access time)
- Paradise 1MB Video Ram windows accelerator card
- NEC MultiSync 3FGx 15" color monitor
-
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