Re: 2.1 Newbie boot bummer

Evan Jeffrey (ejeffrey@eliot213.wuh.wustl.edu)
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:56:28 -0500

>Here's what I get:
>
> - Lilo talks as far as "now booting the kernel"
>
> - Silence after that, even though the kernel is clearly booting.
> All of the disk partitions get mounted, as evidenced by the
> noises they make and the cleanup I have to do later.
>
> - The world stops cold, and the machine needs to be reset.

Guess #1: you need to enable "console on virtualy terminal"

This should at least let you see what happenes. I have no idea why it
dies, butyou should be able to see it then.

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Evan Jeffrey
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