You're right; F2 -- 'ps ax' returned an I/O error. C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
> 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] ' > `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
