[lug] debian with 2.4 kernel

[Hugh Brown]

On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 05:34, Nate Duehr wrote:
> Umm... if they haven't changed the order of the installer, that step is
> the last one before "reboot".  :-)
>  
> It used to go "make system bootable", "make boot floppy", "reboot".
> 
> So if you got that far, just pop the CD out and boot from the hard disk.
> ;-)
> 
> Hard to know that if you've never been all the way through that
> installer before, I realize... 
> 
> Have fun...

I did boot into single user mode afterward (if you look below).  Still
locked up.  This has been an amazing hassle thus far.

Hugh



> 
> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 08:23:08PM -0400, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > I downloaded all 7 cd's.  I chose the bf2.4 install image and when I got
> > to the "would you like to make a boot disk" the system locked up. 
> > Doesn't respond to keyboard, had to hard power off.  I tried booting
> > into single user mode and it still locked up.
> > 
> > I didn't see anything obvious in /var/log/messages.
> > 
> > Where should I be looking for problems?  I'd really like to play around
> > with Debian, but if I can't get it to work with a 2.4 kernel, I'll have
> > to ditch it.
> > 
> > Any ideas on where to go next?
> > 
> > This is on a Dell Inspiron 8100.
> > 
> > Hugh
> >