Hey fellas, had a similar problem. If your HDD is ATA66 drive, Kernel2.2.12 and below does not support it.
Download a newer kernel and make a boot floppy to install the base system. Also check the BIOS knows your HDD cause Linux in general does not automatically recognise large HDD all the time. On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Alexander Clouter wrote: > On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Alexander Clouter wrote: > > > > > I set up win98, used loadlin for the setup : I could boot, enter the > > > setup process, and then reboot failed. > > > I only see : loading linux............ > > > > > I don't know why but you have to recompile a kernel. I'm not sure what > > part is mangled however if you recompile the kernel with the attached > > .config file it should boot with no problem. use kernel 2.2.14 > > > I forgot to mention that also for me the kernel loading only crashed when > using lilo, however soft loading linux worked everytime, even with the > 'standard' slink kernel off the cd. > > Alex > > -- > ** ((__)) Alexander "Jim diGriz" Clouter > \\ ((oo)) > \\------\\// e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > || || > |||----||| > ~~~ ~~~ equip : 300Mhz Celeron Laptop running > Cow during an Debian Potato Linux > Earthquake > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
