Try Alt-F1, Alt-F2, Alt-F3, Alt-F4 or combination of Alt and ctrl key and funstion key. Redhat
atleast gives you 3 or 4 consoles. The message on the other console may give you clue.
Usman
--- Hong Hsu <honghsu@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> Boris,
>
> Thanks. I couldn't issue #dmesg command as there is only one console. I also tried boot:
> linux mem=32M as
> the machine has 32 MB memory. That didn't work either. I think the boot floppy didn't even
> reach that point to
> process boot options because of failure on /sbin/loader. The boot floppy was created from
> redhat 7.3 distro.
>
> This is really frustration,
> -Hong
>
>
> Boris Bezlaj wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:04:52AM -0400, Hong Hsu wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I tried to install Linux server with minimum packages. Because I have
> > > old cdrom (6 year old) drive which can not be set up in
> > > the BIOS for visiting before hard drive, I tried to use boot floppy to
> > > start first. However, every time boot from boot floppy the message
> > > show:
> > > ...
> > > running install...
> > > running /sbin/loader
> > > install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
> >
> > could this mean not enough physical RAM ? try switching consoles(if any) for kernel messages
> ('dmesg' command)
> >
> > > ...
> > > Does anyone has clue what is going on?
> > >
> > > I also tried several options:
> > > boot: linux sda=cdrom lowres
> > > boot: linux sda=/dev/cdrom lowres
> > > boot: linux rescue
> > > boot: linux lowres noprobe
> > >
> > > none of them works. Is there any way to work around? Thanks,
> > > -Hong
> > >
> >
> > I don't know what distribution you are using.. maybe you should try boot/root
> > floppy from some other distro. Most distributions have their own set of
> > floppies.
> >
> > Also note that you might have problems with 8MB RAM or less..
> >
> > --
> > With best regards,
> >
> > Boris B.
>
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>
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