(Dave - You probably intended to send to the list instead of direct to me...
Derek)
>Saturday, May 11, 2002, 7:40:30 PM, you wrote:
>This is a classic newbuie question, but I'll ask it anyway in hope of
>a simple answer and Mandrake 8.2 id driving me nuts.
>OK, I've finally installed, after wrestling with a faulty bootable DVD
>and I get to a screen that asks for my user name, so I enter it
>perfectly correctly. I am then asked for my password; again entered
>perfectly, but nothing appears and I wait. Nothing. SO I press return
>and some routine starts and then everything stops. Is this normal or
>weird, or what?
>Maybe I need to enter some geekie command line stuff; if so, please
>HELP!!!
>With best wishes,
>Dave
Hi Derek,
Saturday, May 11, 2002, 11:58:12 PM, you wrote:
DJ> when does this happen. After the install or during?
After install is completed and I reboot I get the LiLo menu and I
select Linux which is installed on a second HD away from my Win2000
set up. Partitioning has all been done via Mandrake using the auto
button during the install/partition section.
DJ> Is it a text screen or a graphical screen?
Starts off as a graphical screen and then becomes a text screen as the
blue progress bar gets to the end, just before it asks for log in
details.
DJ> What precisely do you see?
The expected graphical log in doesn't appear. I get the following:
Mandrake version and date stuff at top, then:
Localhost login: I enter user login that I gave during install
Press return to continue
INIT: Switching to numlevel: 3
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
Assigning raw devices: /dev/dvd [OK]
(Nothing seems to happen at this point, so I press return)
Password: enter as entered during install
Last login; (gives date and time) on tty1
{condyk@localhost condyk]$
that's as far as we go ... HD keeps spinning/light on, 10 minutes pass
and nothing, so I reboot ...
DJ> What is your hardware.
AMD TB 1600, ABit Raid KG7 MB (no Raid installed), 128mb DDR, 12GB
Western Digital HD for Win2000 and 15mb Maxtor for Linux (both
7200/66). Video card is a Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 Kyro II. Self build
works beautifully under Win2000, so doubt if hardware fault ... could
be incompatibility. However, the Linux HD seems slow and gives out
clicks now and again?!
I hope this is sufficient info. Let me know if you anything else
needed.
My Win2000 HD is NTFS single partition and so I don't think I can just
install Linux alongside. If I can and do a norton speed disk, is it
safe?
With best wishes,
Dave
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