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Hi Cameron...
first, could you please set up Outlook to use proper quoting facilities when
replying? your current Outlook settings make it very hard to read your
replies =(
On Sunday 19 October 2003 11:22, Cameron Nikitiuk wrote:
> > I have tried Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Q and the enter key as
> > suggested in the book to kill the process, but no luck. I would assume
> > that this is all happening because I only have 2 MB of graphic memory and
> > it is choking on the graphical login.
>
> yes, sounds like your X configuration is messed up.
>
> Is 2MB going to be enough to run KDE or am I going to have to look at a
> sperate video card (maybe 8 mb). I did set it for 1024 x 768 and 16 bit
> color.
given that you have enough RAM, sure. but you'll probably only get to run at
800x600 ... 768 * 16 is 1536, which is probably a little much to fit in your
2MB VRAM. you could drop to 8bit but i'd sooner drop resolution than colours.
> I don't have a LILO: prompt but I do have a localhost login: prompt.
no, the LILO: prompt occurs when you first turn on your computer before the OS
boots. if you are using grup instead of LILO you'll get the grub prompt
instead. once you are at the login prompt it's already too late as you are in
runlevel 5. if you do manage to log in as root at this point use this command
to switch to runlevel 3:
telinit 3
> I have tried logging from root and as a user but it cannot find the inittab
> file.
/etc/inittab
> > Second problem is that I am not able to boot up with out the floppy. I
> > made a bootdisk using LILO as the boot manager and I think it put the
> > boot image on dev/hda2.
>
> odd place for it... you should just put LILO on the MBR for easy booting...
>
> I didn't really follow the instrauctions very well when I was installing I
> guess. I would assume moving with mv would be in order? Where should I
> put it and what variables do I need to change?
no, this is the boot loader not a file. you'll need to edit your /etc/
lilo.conf to install it to the right place and then run /sbin/lilo to perform
the install... man lilo for more info, or check out the LILO HOWTO online.
> would hda2 be my boot partition? I believe thats the way I set it up.
consult your /etc/fstab for this info
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Aaron J. Seigo
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