RE: Computer hangs on 'Starting syslog services'

With the help of another message in the archive I
figured out that the installation was just waiting for
the user to complete it.  The cursor in the upper
right left corner was in the normal console, so I hit 
Control+Alt+F2 and it showed another terminal (i did
not know this before) so it appeared as in root mode,
then i exit and continued the installation in the
regular terminal (console).  Now, it is generating the
keys, which i hope do not last too long.  It's odd
too, my SS2 does not seem to have a 2.5GB HD...because
i could not make a default installation, i had to do a
minimal, expecting to install the X11 only in order to
use the fvwm or other windows manager low in memory.

Alberto


--- Stephen Thamel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Alberto --
> 
>   I have been playing around with 3 SparcStation 2's
> like you.  I am
> installing Suse 7.3 and have noticed no issues with
> its installation if the
> hard disk was properly formatted.  If the drive was
> not properly formatted
> (sun label) then I either used Solaris 7 or Mandrake
> Corporate Server 1.0.
> 
>   I understand now that you can switch to another
> terminal session during
> install and use the format command.  Once the drive
> is labeled and
> formatted, you can reboot and retry the
> installation.
> 
>   Upon successful reboot, It took a very long time
> (like 30 mins) to compute
> the random keys.  Sometimes, it did not ever
> complete and continue.  I just
> rebooted the machine and it booted normally into
> KDM.  Apparently the keys
> were stored on the disk and did not need to be
> recomputted.
> 
>   Each of SS2 has 64Mb Ram and >2.5Gb SCSI HD's.
> 
> Stephen Thamel, Principal
> The Summit Group
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alberto Lopez [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 7:45 PM
> > To: suse sparc
> > Subject: [suse-sparc] Computer hangs on 'Starting
> syslog services'
> >
> >
> > I am installing SuSe Sparc 7.1 on a Sparc station
> 2.
> > When booting up it shows all the messages until it
> > reaches
> > "Starting syslog services" and then the whole
> screen
> > goes black with the cursor on the upper left
> corner,
> > and nothing else happens.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Alberto
> >
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