On Mon, 25 May 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: > I'm attempting to install the 2.0.6 disk image on a Dell 433/M (486 > processor). > This machine appears to have VGA video integrated on the motherboard. It has > a mono monitor. > > The machine has an Adaptec 1510 or 1520 SCSI card and one SCSI disk. > > I have tested the boot disk on another machine, and I have read it on this > machine (which currently has SCO Unix on it), so I know that this disk is OK. > > It displays 'Loading root.bin...' and then blanks the screen (which does not > happen on the other, non-Dell machine on which I tested this disk.) > > The floppy continues to be read for a while; I think that it is probably > getting as far as the first screen of the installation, but the screen > continues blank. I have tried entering `M' and `C' at this point, but > without success. > > Has anyone any suggestions on how to get round this, please? Are there any > boot options I can include to change the behaviour of the machine? >
Well, I have successfully installed Red Hat 4.2/slackware 3.x/Debian 1.3/2.0 on two Dell computers.. so my best guess would be that that is not the problem. The only thing I could possibly think of being the problem is some kind of problem when you created the disks. Sometimes people have to create disks 2 or 3 times before they work. You might want to try and download the images again and create the disks _ON NEW FLOPPIES_ again. Maybe even do this another time if it still doesnt work. Usually this solves the boot disk problem for most people. good luck.. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
