Re: `unable to open console' afteinstall on Dell Optiplex GX1

I couldn't install slink at all on my Optiplex DGX. The machine locked completely during the ramdisk image load. I bootstrapped the CD installer from a DOS boot disk. Maybe the Potato boot floppies would work better for you? On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > I'm trying to install

Re: `unable to open console' afteinstall on Dell Optiplex GX1

Forget it! Sorry! I had forgotten to run `configure base' ! I wrote: > I'm trying to install slink on Dell Optiplex GX1. Strangely, > during initial installation [...] > boots okay until the > end where I get the error `unable to open console' and the

`unable to open console' afteinstall on Dell Optiplex GX1

I'm trying to install slink on Dell Optiplex GX1. Strangely, during initial installation I was not able to install LILO or even a kernel on a floppy, getting failure messages for each. I created a boot floppy and unpacking resc1440.bin unto another floppy, copying `linux' (the kernel) to disk and