From: cornell@syl.dl.nec.com (Cornell Kinderknecht) Subject: Bootdisk made by SLS install hangs during boot Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1993 17:03:25 GMT
SLS version: 1.03
Machine1: NEC Powermate 386
Machine2: Amax PC/386
I've installed the SLS v.1.03 release on three machines. The two
listed above had the same trouble after installing, making a
bootdisk, and trying to boot from that bootdisk. The trouble that
came about was when I tried to boot from the bootdisk (5.25" floppy
drive A:). Just after it prints out that it's trying to detect
sound cards (one of the machines has no sound cards and the other
has a PAS), it just sits there and never goes on. Can anyone help
me get beyond this? I've been booting from the install disk and
telling LILO to go to the harddisk where it's installed but I'd
really like to get the boot floppy to work. The boot messages are
included at the bottom of this post.
The third machine that I installed on (an Insight 486 with a PAS16)
boots fine off of it's boot floppy.
--- Cornell
==== messages at boot time ====
Loading............................
Uncompressing Linux...done.
Now booting the kernel.
Console: colour EGA+ 80x25, 8 virtual consoles
Serial driver version 3.96 with no serial options enabled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450
tty03 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 8250
lp_init: lp0 exists (0), using polling driver
lp_init: lp1 exists (253), using polling driver
lp_init: lp2 exists (253), using polling driver
Detecting soundcard: ProAudioSpectrum (type 3).
PAS2: Found a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 board, revision 255.
IRQ = 7, DMA = 3
AdLib compatible FM chip detected and initialized
Detecting soundcard: SoundBlaster (type 2).
Detecting soundcard: AdLib (type 3).
and then we sit and wait forever......
(of course the machine without a soundcard does not print the
message about the PAS)
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