No, I was waiting for several hours and once let the machine do its work during the weekend. However, never got further in the installation process. Could that be a kernel problem or is it related to the low memory (sounds unlikely since I have 100MB swap)?
Thanks, Zoltan _________________________________________________________________ http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~kato/ -- research in computer vision http://www.cameradigita.com/ -- photography _________________________________________________________________ On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Florian Lohoff wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 02:18:50PM +0100, Kato Zoltan wrote: > > I'm trying to install debian mips on a SGI Indy (R4000/100MHz, 16MB RAM, > > 8-bit video). I'm booting from the network succesfully and I'm also able > > to create and activate a 100MB swap + 900MB linux partition and configure > > the network using DHCP without any problem. Then I download the kernel > > modules/drivers + Base System from the network. This is where I start to > > have problems. Either during download or during the installation process > > the system hangs: The installation process stops, I'm unable to execute > > commands (like df, free) in the shell (alt+F2). I do not see any error > > message on the log screens (alt+F3, alt+F4). Currently I can reach a point > > where I see the following message: > > Just a guess - You are to impatient :) The problem is that this is a > really slow machine and the installer lacks at certain points > a progress bar which even let me believe that the machine got hung. > > Just waiting a couple of minutes solved the mystery. > > Flo > -- > Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5201-669912 > Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium >
