Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
On 19 Jun 2004, peter robinson wrote: [...] > ===>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, it didnt quite work. I booted from DVD with the > installation DVD and booted as > rescue root=/dev/hda1 > The rescue system appeared to boot, but the same screen appears and > freezes... Try booting with: rescue root=/dev/hda1 single That may get you a prompt for the root password, and the shell, before you get to the broken code. Otherwise, boot with: rescue root=/dev/hda1 init=/bin/bash That will allow you to make the changes you need, but requires that you remount root as read/write, and sync manually, before you reboot. If you are not sure of how to manage that then you probably don't want to fuss with that method; it kind of depends on knowing Unix will enough. Daniel -- C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. -- Bjarne Stroustrup
Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
On 19 Jun 2004, peter robinson wrote: [...] > ===>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, it didnt quite work. I booted from DVD with the > installation DVD and booted as > rescue root=/dev/hda1 > The rescue system appeared to boot, but the same screen appears and > freezes... Try booting with: rescue root=/dev/hda1 single That may get you a prompt for the root password, and the shell, before you get to the broken code. Otherwise, boot with: rescue root=/dev/hda1 init=/bin/bash That will allow you to make the changes you need, but requires that you remount root as read/write, and sync manually, before you reboot. If you are not sure of how to manage that then you probably don't want to fuss with that method; it kind of depends on knowing Unix will enough. Daniel -- C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. -- Bjarne Stroustrup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
> > Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going > > so well :-) )?? > > Yes, absolutely. > > When you boot off the Linux install media, you can either: > > 1. use a 'rescue' kernel to give single user mode. > 2. start the install, switch to VT2, start the terminal and then mount >your drive. > > The help screens in the boot loader cover how to achieve option 1; > basically invoke a different boot configuration. > > Option 2 should be pretty easy if you are familiar with Unix. > > Either way, remove the startup link for the broken package and then boot > from the hard disk again. Viola, problem gone. > > Daniel ===>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, it didnt quite work. I booted from DVD with the installation DVD and booted as rescue root=/dev/hda1 The rescue system appeared to boot, but the same screen appears and freezes... ===>>>I have also tried it with the newer netinstall http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ but my laptop freezes at the first screen (Choose language). Setting the boot to boot: linux bootkbd=en_US did not help either. ===>>> Any ideas? Thanks Peter
Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
> > Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going > > so well :-) )?? > > Yes, absolutely. > > When you boot off the Linux install media, you can either: > > 1. use a 'rescue' kernel to give single user mode. > 2. start the install, switch to VT2, start the terminal and then mount >your drive. > > The help screens in the boot loader cover how to achieve option 1; > basically invoke a different boot configuration. > > Option 2 should be pretty easy if you are familiar with Unix. > > Either way, remove the startup link for the broken package and then boot > from the hard disk again. Viola, problem gone. > > Daniel ===>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, it didnt quite work. I booted from DVD with the installation DVD and booted as rescue root=/dev/hda1 The rescue system appeared to boot, but the same screen appears and freezes... ===>>>I have also tried it with the newer netinstall http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ but my laptop freezes at the first screen (Choose language). Setting the boot to boot: linux bootkbd=en_US did not help either. ===>>> Any ideas? Thanks Peter
Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
On 18 Jun 2004, peter robinson wrote: > this is my first attempt at a debian installation, so please forgive if this > is a stupid question (and yes, I did search google/the archives :-) ). > > After an initial installation of the basic system on a hp pavilion ze4600 > (Debian 3.0 release 1a), I used dselect to install some more packages via > ftp; the download worked properly, but the system crashed during the > configuration step. > Following a restart, the system immediately freezes after booting and > displays > the screen: > "Choose your current network-environment" It sounds like you installed 'netenv' or something like that; for what it is worth, you can get the same, or very close to, that functionality with the core network tools. :) > The name of the settings I defined in dselect as well as "new" appear on that > screen. However, the computer is completely frozen. > > Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going > so well :-) )?? Yes, absolutely. When you boot off the Linux install media, you can either: 1. use a 'rescue' kernel to give single user mode. 2. start the install, switch to VT2, start the terminal and then mount your drive. The help screens in the boot loader cover how to achieve option 1; basically invoke a different boot configuration. Option 2 should be pretty easy if you are familiar with Unix. Either way, remove the startup link for the broken package and then boot from the hard disk again. Viola, problem gone. Daniel -- I was twenty-five, and too old to be unusual. -- James D. Watson, _The Double Helix_, (1968)
Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
On 18 Jun 2004, peter robinson wrote: > this is my first attempt at a debian installation, so please forgive if this > is a stupid question (and yes, I did search google/the archives :-) ). > > After an initial installation of the basic system on a hp pavilion ze4600 > (Debian 3.0 release 1a), I used dselect to install some more packages via > ftp; the download worked properly, but the system crashed during the > configuration step. > Following a restart, the system immediately freezes after booting and displays > the screen: > "Choose your current network-environment" It sounds like you installed 'netenv' or something like that; for what it is worth, you can get the same, or very close to, that functionality with the core network tools. :) > The name of the settings I defined in dselect as well as "new" appear on that > screen. However, the computer is completely frozen. > > Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going > so well :-) )?? Yes, absolutely. When you boot off the Linux install media, you can either: 1. use a 'rescue' kernel to give single user mode. 2. start the install, switch to VT2, start the terminal and then mount your drive. The help screens in the boot loader cover how to achieve option 1; basically invoke a different boot configuration. Option 2 should be pretty easy if you are familiar with Unix. Either way, remove the startup link for the broken package and then boot from the hard disk again. Viola, problem gone. Daniel -- I was twenty-five, and too old to be unusual. -- James D. Watson, _The Double Helix_, (1968) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
