Would I have to put the install disk in to get the boot prompt? I don't have a floppy disk drive, so I cannot create a boot disk.
Have you seen this problem with pcmcia? It really has me floored. Sincerely, David Langschied Langschied Consulting Services 25644 Mackinac Roseville, MI 48066 Phone: (586)777-7542 Cell: (248)789-8493 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Polk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: Re: I am having a great deal of difficulty getting RH 8.0 to reboot. > Well, you can do a couple of things. You could boot into single user mode by > entering "linux single" (quotes mine) at the boot prompt. This will boot you > into single user mode and possibly get you past the problem. Then you could > mount your hd and go into /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/ (or rc5.d depending on whether you > boot into X or not) and simply find your Sxxpcmcia file (xx=some number) and > change it to Kxxpcmcia. This will prevent it from loading when you boot next. > Then you can t-shoot from there. If you can't boot in single user mode, go > get a Linux boot disk like the one here: http://www.toms.net/rb/ and boot > with that. Good luck! > > <<JAV>> > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: "dlangschied" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:56:58 -0400 > Subject: I am having a great deal of difficulty getting RH 8.0 to reboot. > > > Hi all! > > I have been trying to get my RH 8.0 to reboot correctly for some > > time. I have asked questions of the RH elite here on the mail list > > and I have not gone anywhere. I loaded Linux on a laptop. Right > > from the start I have had difficulties getting past "pcmcia". I > > cannot boot on the network. I have to unplug my network cable and > > wait untill the boot is complete. Then I plug in the network and > > activate. I asked for sage advise on this mail list on I got a > > couple of suggestions. The first was to move pcmcia higher in the boot > > process than the network. This resulted in errors in the launch of pcmcia. > > The second suggestion was to create a static IP. This proved no benefit. > > On Tuesday, I was at a facility where I was asked to create a > > specific static IP to connct to their network. I forgot to remove > > this before I shutdown. I was unable to reboot. I again asked the > > mail list what to do. Someone had said that all that need be done is > > to enter a "I" to boot in interactive mode. I have done this, but > > it still boots in non-interactive mode. At this time, I cannot go > > past pcmcia with or without the network cable. I need some advise! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > David Langschied > > Langschied Consulting Services > > 25644 Mackinac > > Roseville, MI 48066 > > > > Phone: (586)777-7542 > > Cell: (248)789-8493 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
