I got a shiny new Dell Inspiron from the "PC fairy". Windows Vista works OK (at least good enough for Windows). It does not want to be formatted<g>. I insert the latest minimal install CD, and things start off OK at the beginning of the boot process. *THE USB KEYBOARD WORKS OK AT THE BEGINNING* I can type in "gentoo" or "gentoo-nofb". A bunch of modules load, and eventually we get to the "default keymap" stage, at which point, things fall apart.
1) The keyboard (USB) now types each character twice. If I attempt to type "41", it comes out as "4411", and the install program complains about an invalid keymap number. 2) Even though the CD managed to boot initially, it now complains about not being able to find any bootable medium. The CMOS setup shows... SATA-0 SAMSUNG HD501LJ SATA-1 HL-DT-ST CD-RW/DVD-R SATA-2 port not present SATA-3 port not present SATA-4 HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GSA- SATA-5 None Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in The install asks me to type in either the boot device or "shell" for a shell. Of course, with a b0rk3n keyboard, I can't do either. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? A. I think it would be a good idea. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list