Re: [expert] Urgent! Cannot reinstall LM 8.0
hey, and NEXT time, try to start at run level 3 and rebuild your xf config files XFreeconfig (or something like that) On Monday 09 July 2001 15:03, grassi, adriano wrote: Hello, 2 things to do or try; 1. If you don't need the serial ports disable them in the bios, that may get you thru with the install. 2. About uninstalling Linux, if you don't need the files just repartition or reformat your hard drive. I hope any of this helps. Best Regards, Adriano Grassi -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:41 PM To: Expert Subject: [expert] Urgent! Cannot reinstall LM 8.0 Importance: High Dear friends: Due to human error on my part (a nice way to say that I goofed big time), I will apparently have to reinstall LM 8.0. I set my Bios to CDrom, inserted CD1 and started my reinstallation. I am an old hand at this, so I should be able to do this blind-folded. HOWEVER, suddenly, at the second stage, LM 8.0 stops at: Probing for serial ports. And it seems to stop at this point forever and forever. How do I UNinstall Linux properly so I can REinstall it properly from my CD? All right, I'll reveal my human error: I inadvertently deleted my /etc/X11/XF86Config files. I created a new XF86Config file, but, alas, it's too late. LM80 cannot leap over that probing serial ports barrier. Thanks so very much, folks. Benjamin
RE: [expert] Urgent! Cannot reinstall LM 8.0
Hello, 2 things to do or try; 1. If you don't need the serial ports disable them in the bios, that may get you thru with the install. 2. About uninstalling Linux, if you don't need the files just repartition or reformat your hard drive. I hope any of this helps. Best Regards, Adriano Grassi -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:41 PM To: Expert Subject: [expert] Urgent! Cannot reinstall LM 8.0 Importance: High Dear friends: Due to human error on my part (a nice way to say that I goofed big time), I will apparently have to reinstall LM 8.0. I set my Bios to CDrom, inserted CD1 and started my reinstallation. I am an old hand at this, so I should be able to do this blind-folded. HOWEVER, suddenly, at the second stage, LM 8.0 stops at: Probing for serial ports. And it seems to stop at this point forever and forever. How do I UNinstall Linux properly so I can REinstall it properly from my CD? All right, I'll reveal my human error: I inadvertently deleted my /etc/X11/XF86Config files. I created a new XF86Config file, but, alas, it's too late. LM80 cannot leap over that probing serial ports barrier. Thanks so very much, folks. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
