So sorry -- I realized that more info was required, but didn't want to clog the works.
It's a Sparc IPC w/ 48 meg memory (32 ram /16 rom), 1.3 gig scsi hdd, cdrom, tape backup . . . I'm installing from the cdrom from disks I purchased from Debian after I had the same prob w/ floppies I made from the free disk images at Debian -- figured it was a media prob. I checked the log. Other than the timestamp (and therefore the system time) being about 8 hours ahead, nothing seems to have happened. There are two lines: aug 18 16:05:40 (none) Syslogd Started: BusyBox v0.43 (2000.08.03-15:11*0000) aug 18 16:08:22 (none) user.info dbootstrap[38]: __ I am able to use F3 to access the shell: I can 'pwd' and get root, and I 'ls' and get 'I/O error' -- beyond that, I am unsure what to do here Thanks for your quick response. I am interested in your interpretation. C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 8:53 AM Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:47:23AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > > I have read that 'a chicken' could install this thing. > > > > I have hit "Initialize a Swap Partition" and begun the process -- no scan for bad sectors this time (last time, I stop-a'd the thing after 30+ hours of scan for bad sectors). How long do I stare at the flashing cursor before punting. > > > > Feeling silly . . > > What type of system? Note, you can switch to the other consoles to see > what is going on. Use ALT+F3 to see the log console, and you can switch > to ALT+F2 for a shell. > > Try to see what's going on during this freeze. > > -- > .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---' >
