Re: system lock on boot

2000-07-14 Thread Suresh Kumar. R
Hi, I had the same problem, being unable boot of the cd from some machines where I could successfully install redhat linux. And I am still unable to install debian on them. Suresh On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 08:43:05PM -0700, e3c wrote: > Thank you for your reply, > > What I thought was Debian l

Re: system lock on boot

2000-07-13 Thread brian moore
On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 08:54:10PM -0700, e3c wrote: > Thank you for your reply, > > What I am trying to load as far as I have been able to tell is slink 2.1. > However the > package that I purchased has nothing called tecra on it. Is this another > boot image or > ? If it is a boot image is it

Re: system lock on boot

2000-07-13 Thread e3c
Thank you for your reply, What I am trying to load as far as I have been able to tell is slink 2.1. However the package that I purchased has nothing called tecra on it. Is this another boot image or ? If it is a boot image is it available ftp on the www? Thank you for your time, Scott Ron Rad

Re: system lock on boot

2000-07-13 Thread e3c
Thank you for your reply, What I thought was Debian loading drivers for the hard drives was actually Debian identifying the scsi controller since I have a dual controller card it happens twice. So it was not loading drivers as I first thought. Although I did disconnect everything except for the

Re: system lock on boot

2000-07-13 Thread Ron Rademaker
I guess you should try using the tecra image (on the official cd release of slink (2.1), it's on cd 2 if I recall correctly, so try booting from cd 2) Ron Rademaker On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, e3c wrote: > I am new to Debian so I hope I am giving the needed information to > recieve help from the Debian

Re: system lock on boot

2000-07-13 Thread Jason Quigley
Hi Scott! Your SCSI card is being identified correctly. Although it's designated AH2940x, it uses an AIC7xxx chipset. Here is the output of /proc/pci for my card: Bus 0, device 11, function 0: SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 1). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back ca

system lock on boot

2000-07-13 Thread e3c
I am new to Debian so I hope I am giving the needed information to recieve help from the Debian comunity. My scsi controller (Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW Dual) supports bootable cd-roms. I am trying to install Debian 2.1 (kernel 2.2.12) from a VA Linux distribution I purchased in a store. I boot from