On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Alberto Bert wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install gentoo (it's the first time) on a toshiba 5200-801 > > P 4 M 2.0 GHz > 512 MB > lot of cards > ... > > I followed the installation instruction on the gentoo site but I've got > a big problem. > Grub seems to work, but when I select gentoo it prints for a moment on > screen the title I set in grub, then everything becomes black, the Caps > Lock kye start blinking (???) and I can do nothing else than switching > off :-(
A blinking caps lock (and/or scroll lock, num lock) is indicative of a kernel panic. Boot off the livecd, mount and chroot into your gentoo installation, and compile a new kernel. Get rid of everything that's not essential. Don't use development/experimental features. Use lspci (or cat /proc/pci if that's not available) to verify your IDE chipset, and make sure the correct one is compiled in. Compile everything in, don't use modules (I've had issues with the 2.4.21 kernel where some things work compiled in but not as modules). Essentially, you want the simplest possible kernel you can get. Once that works, start tacking on more features. Importantly, go through every option in 'make menuconfig'. Judging from your attached config, you skipped a lot of stuff. -- Marshal Newrock, Simon's Rock College of Bard Caution: product may be hot after heating -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
