On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about, Re: seibweN....seibweN:
> Hey All,
>
> This is no joke, perhaps I am revealing my ignorance, but I bet I am not the
> only one who has this question.... so here goes:
> If Harry Newbie can't get his shiny new Linux box to even boot up, how is he
> going to capture a script and transfer it to an E mail to forward to this list ?
> No doubt it is done, but I for one am at a loss as to the method... let the
> games begin....
If the box wont start properly, then the cahnces are the mouse is not yet
available, meaning you cant cut and paste, so your up the creak without a
paddle.
However a few tips.
The box wont boot.!
If lilo is presant and shows the LILO prompt, you can always try;
linux 1
Where linux is the image it could be called anything, the 1 is boot into
level 1 (admin mode) if you like.
If that fails;
Then use the diskettes that you made during the install, you did make them
didnt you, like the text said make a boot disk yes or no.
Different distro's have different methods, so i wont go into howto do it.
When and if your in, you can then look around the system logs, /var/log
files are messages, syslog, debug, and others, once again different
distro's have different files, most are in /var/log.
type dmesg that might reveal some information on drivers that cant be found
and will show what drivers were found.
If you have a spesific question then ask it, dont talk in riddels.
Please include you type of install, distro, machine, and a description of
the problem, what you did to get into that situation, etc etc.
--
Regards Richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
Merry Xmas.
