Isn't that a kernel panic? The kernel loads, then init is executed. If the kernel panics before much is going on then I think it signals via the LEDs.
I don't know if the LEDs flash in a particular way to say what's up. Maybe it's just saying 'Help!'. Andy On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:52, you wrote: > On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 19:12, Paul William wrote: > > have you installed the drivers? You probably need a hotplug script as > > well to configure it. > > Well, thinks I. Let's upgrade to 2.4.26-1-686 and grab the latest wlan > drivers while I'm at it. Edit lilo.conf, run LILO, reboot. Up comes the > boot menu, loads up, BIOS wotnot OK. Screen goes blank. > > Hang on. Screen goes blank? Screen doesn't usually go blank. Engage > brain. > > Now the blasted laptop just sits there, blinking its numlock and > capslock lights at me. I assume this means "I can't boot". Buggered if I > can figure out why. I can still rescue the system with the old kernel, > but that ain't what I'm after. > > Vik :v)
