Wolf Logan wrote: > > Well, I just tried booting with a RedHat boot floppy. It reboots before it's > done, too. I also tried a FreeBSD floppy (I really want *some* kind of > Unix-alike running here!), and while it booted and ran fine with no trouble, > it couldn't recognize my serial ports.
If you're the dude with the Tecra, someone posted the answer in the last day or two, if not, some information on your hardware configuration would be helpful. > > So...what would y'all say my options are from here? > > 1) Give up, and don't use Linux (a last resort, I'd hope) > 2) Find boot floppies that'll work with my machine (would require a kind > soul with a working system to help me out, I'm sure) > 3) Find out why my system doesn't get along with Linux > 4) Find another free Unix-alike to run (FreeBSD is still possible, but I'll > need to twiddle with its serial recognition) > > Any other options? Any possible leads on why this is going on? I don't mean > to sound ungrateful (I understand this software is free), but it strikes me > as a little unfriendly for the installation floppy to be completely unable > to boot. I've scanned the archives, and while I'm not the first person to > have trouble like this during an install, I didn't find any solutions. > > --- > Wolf Lochland Logan Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation > xue elo xonia eune - I come from the rock > The fact is, there may be hope http://www.talamasca.org > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary bought a pair of skates upon the ice to frisk now wasn't that a crazy way her sweet young *? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
