Phil Beaudry wrote:
Okay.
So, I'm new to linux. A dev bud of mine suggested that i do an
install of gentoo to begin my learning. Issue is, I can't get into
the install interface. My Gentoo Installation Livecd disk is in. My
new harddrive is in and recognized. so.
I've got a similar problem myself. It's apparently quite common, yet
very hard to diagnose.
It says: "Gentoo Linux Installation LiveCD http://gentoo.org
Enter to boot; F1 for kernels F2 for options
boot: "
so, I want the basic kernel. I hit enter or type gentoo and hit enter.
it says:
"Loading gentoo.....................
Loading gentoo.igz..............
Ready.
_ "
and the cursor blinks. and blinks. and blinks my
yearning-for-linux heart away.
This is an uneducated guess, but it looks like your output is being
redirected (like to a serial port). Add the kernel parameter
"console=tty0" and give it another shot.
This is something of an old box. circa 1999 or so. Used to run
WinNT. It has a 160 gb HD (new) and the ATA/133 pci card needed for
the HD to recognise. 512ram, pentium3 processor.
Just in case the first parameter didn't work, try adding "hdx=stroke" to
your kernel parameters and see what that does. Just in case your PCI
card doesn't support 48-bit LBA, the kernel will take over.
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Colin
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