On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 10:55:52AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > 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
I assume you mean F2? You should switch to console 2 (ALT+F2), and hit return, which will give you a shell prompt. Try doing a "ps ax" to see the process list. Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
