Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-10 Thread Mark Zimmerman
On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 04:53:17PM +, Philip Blundell wrote: > On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 16:44, Mark Zimmerman wrote: > > Using the images from people.debian.org/~blade/bf2.4, I have gotten > > past the white screen problem and I am now at the 'Install the Base > > System' step. My network is conf

Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Mark Zimmerman wrote on Sun Feb 10, 2002 um 09:44:07AM: > Using the images from people.debian.org/~blade/bf2.4, I have gotten > past the white screen problem and I am now at the 'Install the Base > System' step. My network is configured and working (I can ping David: is there anything

Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-10 Thread Philip Blundell
On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 16:44, Mark Zimmerman wrote: > Using the images from people.debian.org/~blade/bf2.4, I have gotten > past the white screen problem and I am now at the 'Install the Base > System' step. My network is configured and working (I can ping > http.us.debian.org by name from VT2). Wh

Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-10 Thread Mark Zimmerman
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 06:34:54PM -0700, Mark Zimmerman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 11:22:51PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > > VT3 shows that dbootstrap is repeatedly starting and exiting. > > > > Could you try my CVS boot floppies from people.debian.org/~blade/bf2.4 ? > > The problem y

Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Mark Zimmerman wrote on Fri Feb 08, 2002 um 07:46:33PM: > options (comma should be space). So, I tried: > > linux floppy=thinkpad video=vga16:off Correct. > init started: BusyBox ...(etc) > > VT2 repeatedly asks me to press Enter to activate this console but will > not give me a shel

Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-08 Thread Mark Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:45:07PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Mark Zimmerman wrote on Fri Feb 08, 2002 um 08:39:07AM: > > Greetings: > > > > I tried out a new installation on an IBM Thinkpad 560X with the bf2.4 > > Which kind of VGA chipset is used there? Anyways, if you come to th

Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-08 Thread Mark Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 05:45:07PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Mark Zimmerman wrote on Fri Feb 08, 2002 um 08:39:07AM: > > Greetings: > > > > I tried out a new installation on an IBM Thinkpad 560X with the bf2.4 > > Which kind of VGA chipset is used there? Anyways, if you come to th

Re: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Mark Zimmerman wrote on Fri Feb 08, 2002 um 08:39:07AM: > Greetings: > > I tried out a new installation on an IBM Thinkpad 560X with the bf2.4 Which kind of VGA chipset is used there? Anyways, if you come to the floppy change prompt, framebuffer is allready working for you. > linux fl

Bug#132990: bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-08 Thread David Kimdon
Package: boot-floppies Severity: serious Version: 3.0.19 see below. Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:39:07AM -0700 wrote: > Greetings: > > I tried out a new installation on an IBM Thinkpad 560X with the bf2.4 > boot floppies. It booted up and loaded root.bin without incident but > dbootstrap gave me a s

bf2.4 dbootstrap white screen of death

2002-02-08 Thread Mark Zimmerman
Greetings: I tried out a new installation on an IBM Thinkpad 560X with the bf2.4 boot floppies. It booted up and loaded root.bin without incident but dbootstrap gave me a solid white screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. Hitting return caused the cursor to move down the screen s