[RULE] Attempt 3: Toshiba Satellite 115CS

[Da Worm]

Hmmm, another problem, maybe.

Shall I install lilo on /dev/hda ? [yes / NO]: yes
lilo: No such file or directory

Shall I create a boot floppy? [yes / NO]: yes
/root/scripts/base_install.sh: /sbin/mkbootdisk: No such file or directory

Hmmm.  Must be the RPMS didn't make it from the ftp server (it seemed too fast).

I used this info for the server:

IP Address: 128.227.205.212  (ftp.cise.ufl.edu)
Full path:  /pub/mirrors/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/

Maybe that's the problem?

Jeff.

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On 6/26/2004 at 5:21 PM Da Worm wrote:

>It turns out I'm in town after all.  So I figured I'd try again with a
>new 
>16bit PCMCIA card I picked up for $17 on eBay.
>
>The good news:
>  I can run pcmcia.sh start and bring up the network, ping other machines 
>on and off my lan, the whole ball of wax.  Hooray!
>
>The bad news:
>  I couldn't format my hard disk.
>
>When I get the the disk prep area of the setup.sh script, I answer as
>follows:
>
>Filesystem: ext3
>Device: hda
>Partition: Tried using existing partitions, then used fdisk to delete and
>recreate 
>	a 64M swap and a 1G / 
>Select / : hda3
>Format? : yes
>
>I see messages about mounting the swap followed by "Creating root file
>system".  
>Then I get a crash.  If I rerun setup.sh, then when I get to that point,
>it just sits 
>there after the Creating root file system" message.  It isn't exactly
>locked up, 
>because if I hit ENTER the cursor drops one line, or if I type, the
>characters 
>appear on screen.  But there is no disk activity.
>
>* NEWS FLASH *
>
>As I was typing this, I was reproducing the steps so I could show the
>crash dump.
>I had already tried the mem=16M kernel parameter to no effect, but the
>nature
>of the crash led me to believe it was a memory problem, so I tried mem=12M
>and
>lo and behold, the disk formats.
>
>Installing packages over FTP right now!
>
>Thanks all!
>Jeff.
>
>
>
>
>
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