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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> It's available now:
> ---------------------------------------------
> http://basiclinux.com.ru/download/x-initrd.gz
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Put it in your BOOT.BAT instead of baslinux.gz.  It will
> boot with the ordinary BL1 or BL2 kernels, but it will
> only be network-capable if you use a net.i bzimage from
> Slackware (or a network-capable kernel from another distro).
> After you boot, answer the questions and do the following:
> ----------------------------
> ifconfig eth0 www.xxx.yy.zzz   (skip if not network-capable)
> startx
> ----------------------------

Managed to sneak in a test during final stages of packing.  I selected
serial mouse, lowest color depth and lowest resolution.  ifconfig'd, then
did startx: screen goes blank black and just sits there.  After a short
time, if I do ctrl-alt-F2 and then ctrl-alt-F1, I get console mode back,
with some error messages on the screen as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------
<#>startx
sigaction for smart scheduler: Function not implemented
Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM

Fatal server error:
no screens found
Memory fault
<#>_
------------------------------------------------------------
Too little RAM, perhaps?

Thanks, James