From: jepstei@afterlife.ncsc.mil (John Epstein) Subject: [PROBLEM]: completing booting linux-0.99 sequence Date: 19 Dec 1992 22:04:47 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: [PROBLEM]: Cannot get linux-0.99 to finish booting
Distribution: world
Organization: The Great Beyond
I can compile linux-0.99 with the two small patches without any problems.
Running on a 386.
Have freshly compiled poeigl-1.7 and after rescue with H. Lu's 0.98pl5 bootable
root to eliminated tty64 from /etc/inittab
which PREVENTED either linux-0.98pl3+ or linux-0.98pl5 from
operating as they got stuck in getty loop for non-existent serial port.
Have freshly made stuff from system-0.98.
Do not have freshly made swapon/swapoff --- where is source?
Booting 0.99 from floppy as have no free bootlin entries:
two vmlinux are 0.98pl3+ WORKS 100%
and vmlinux.alt 0.98pl5 WORKS except X runs except no mouse)
When boot 0.99 [from floppy] I see expected results through lines:
Partition Tables okay
Linux version 0.99-46 ...
I do not see swap stuff line NOR login.
I can type on VC1 with it being echoed to screen.
VC2 can toggle NUMLOCK but cannot type/echo to screen.
I have seen several other c.o.l users in this state on 0.99 plus one or two
users at work (with 386 machines) also with this problem.
BTW: mouse is on serial port (3 button) I made no changes when installed
H. Lu's root disk --- running patchlevel 5 except for when use X and
running patchlevel 3.
John
Linux user since 0.12 --- installation gets harder with every release