hi. the problem you've got when using vmware (-> hanging after init rc; no prompt) is exactly the problem i've got when booting from my notebook after install has finished. this happens when logging in as none, but when i'm logging in as glenda, i get a black screen + mouse pointer (white border) and again, nothing happens and any action i'm performing doesn't have any effect. i described to problem about 2 or 3 weeks before in the list, i think. i hope someone has a idea how to fix this (i mean rio @ installer was just fine, but that's perhaps because of the different kernels used by the installer and the fresh installed system)
philipp On 13:53 Mon 10 Dec , Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > Hi, > > I've managed to boot a live demo system from the CD under VMware (5.5 > linux) and Qemu, but I'm having a variety of trouble trying to get a > system actually installed. > > I prefer real hardware, but that gives me the most trouble. I'm > trying to install (or even boot the live image) on a Sun Ultra20, > this is an AMD64 system with Nforce4 chipset (which claims to be > supported). One hurdle I just cleared is that the BIOS is mapping teh > CD to sdC0 rather than sdD0 that the menu expects. After substituting > that in what I think are the right places, the last being > local!#S/sdC0/data, it just spins the CD at high speed an whirrs for > 15min. After that I shutdown as I couldn take the noise. > > Second choice is VMware, I'm using 5.5.2 build-29772 under Linux. > After finding the "echo hwaccel off > /dev/vgactl" I got the installer > to run, and things seemed to go well, but on reboot it hangs at "init: > starting /bin/rc", that one's been there for about an hour but still > no prompt. > > I think I may be making progress with qemu. It seems the disk I fed > it is too small or so I surmise from the disk full errors on boot and > complaints of missing files. Though this is my least favorite option > as it's really slow even if I do get it going. > > Any wisdom to share? > > Thanks, > -Jon
