Oliver- Sorry for my post, I only saw the first part of your message in my window.
If you type "shutdown -h now", does your system not stop at the console prompt? If this is the case, then your only alternative is to shutdown to single user mode, sync the disks, and halt. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Oliver Kiddle wrote: > We've got an old Alphastation 255 and wanted to install Debian on it. I > downloaded rc3 of the new installer and burnt it to CD. Trouble is that > it doesn't automatically boot from the CD. When I turn the machine on, > it goes straight into OpenVMS. I can see the boot command on the console > but it never stops with a prompt. Is there some key combination I need > to prevent it booting from the hard disc? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Toni Harbaugh-Blackford [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) National Cancer Institute Contractor - SAIC/Frederick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
