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Re: boot!

To: Gabriele Brugnoni <gabriele.brugnoni@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: boot!
From: Thomas Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 10:51:22 -0800
Cc: sgilinux <sgilinux11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: SGI
References: <38761015.28F5D9BA@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Gabriele Brugnoni wrote:
> 
> Hi *,
> 
> I started to install Linux on the Visual Work 540 using Linux 2.2.10 + RedHat 
> 6.0.
> 
> I have follow step by step all the points that are in
> http://oss.sgi.com/www.linux.sgi.com/intel/visws/
> 
> Everything was fine till
> BOOT LINUX! ( see http://oss.sgi.com/www.linux.sgi.com/intel/visws/post.html 
> point 11)
> 
> The boot start with the nice blue window .. then the Kernel seems to start .. 
> and then a
> bunch of vertical coloured lines apperar with something in the background !!!
> 
> Why ?
> 
> thank you for any advices
> Gabriele

Did you make sure to use the visual workstation patch?  I assume you did
because
it would not have booted anything if not.  Can you send a copy of the
exact debug that you get in the window?

Does it boot off the floppy (into Linux) ?

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