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by tmu
Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: stuck and rescue won't run
Replies: 3
Views: 3495

seems like bad hw

ok, i got the pro install to boot, once, but nothing since then. the rescue boots with a new error almost every time. sometimes it just hangs before 'startting stardust'. sometimes it clears the screen and gives kernel erros like: error <6> reinitializing init or error <6> mounting devfs, no init. i...
by tmu
Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: stuck and rescue won't run
Replies: 3
Views: 3495

stuck and rescue won't run

folx, i'm really stuck here and have tried a bunch of stuff and researched a bunch of ideas and am coming up emtpy. i have a friendtech pre-modded dream-x system (which i'm starting to think is the problem) i tried to install friendtech MCE, which worked up through the gentoox install part and then ...
by tmu
Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:52 pm
Forum: Newbie
Topic: install MCE not working
Replies: 5
Views: 2454

rescue cd doesn't work

i used the rescue cd successfully before i installed the gentoox loader. now the gentoox loader *only* gives the option of "install stardust" and there appears to be no way to boot from a cd. is there some secret way to get those other icons (the left two icons) to work from the loader? is...
by tmu
Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:49 pm
Forum: Newbie
Topic: install MCE not working
Replies: 5
Views: 2454

unable to mount devfs

the specific error (the part that i can read) is:

unable to mount devfs. error -5

no init found. try passing "init=" to loader

hrm.

any ideas how to proceed from here would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

todd
by tmu
Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:39 pm
Forum: Newbie
Topic: install MCE not working
Replies: 5
Views: 2454

followup

thanks for the reply. i have found a stardust iso in the home gentoox distro, but it crashes on an error "no init found". hrm. so i'd be happy to try to reflash with the MCE bios. how do i do that? right now i've got the gentoox loader installed and it doesn't allow me to do anything other...
by tmu
Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:23 pm
Forum: Newbie
Topic: install MCE not working
Replies: 5
Views: 2454

install MCE not working

folx, i'm having a variety of problems instlling the MCE. here's the narrative: i downloaded the MCE from friendtech (it's a friendtech modded box). i booted off it of. the screen was (and remains) cut off on the top and on the right. this severely impedes troubleshooting. the flashing of the bios s...