On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I have tried a couple of times to use the rescue floppy disk (produced
> by the first installation). The panic message says something like "No init
> console available".
>
> What I did is:
> boot it from the rescue floppy
> type "rescue" for the first prompt
> just press ENTER when asked ram disk
>
> Any idea?
Go to your distribution media (or if you haven't got any, download
off the 'net.) Create the boot floppy and the rescue floppy either
from another 'Nix terminal (using dd to create two separate disks
from two images -- boot.img and rescue.img) or from Dos/Windows using
the "rawrite" util found in the /images directory of your install
media, and the two images previously mentioned. Then, shut down your
machine and stick the boot floppy in and when it pops up, type
"rescue." Then, when prompted, switch to the "rescue" floppy.
That should get you booted where you can follow the instructions from
the previous person.
John
