I had the same problems...and then some. Kernel OOPS on startup, rpm
install hangs. I was finally able to get a running minimal installation
by using a raw disk and a real cdrom (first tried with a cdrom image and
virtual disk). My guess is vmware has trouble when things get too
On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, allen wrote:
Oh pfew !
That is good news in a way. I just added 256MB more RAM...
Anyway, what do I do to slow down the CD drive access ?
Try the different access modes...I used the RAW access mode the time it
worked. Also, in the beta 3.2 version the mention to
Look up the optional flag under man lilo.conf_but_ personally I'd
rather have lilo fail if i typo the config file...if it was called by
a script, you could evaluate the exit code and restore a backup boot
sector.
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Todd Lyons wrote:
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:45:10 -0700
