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[Ian <info AT freedomnet.org.uk>]

> http: //lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/baslinux/2004-November/005832.html
> 
> You need rw not ro in lilo.conf

Yes, thanks Sindi, that does it.

> Or google search on BL3 and 'sleeping forever'.   I use google to find 
> answers to questions I asked earlier about BL.

Good thinking but perhaps there should be more in the BL3 readme
about this also about "install-to-hd". Everyone who does this is
going to hit similar problems.

> Lots of us have had this same problem.

Including recently myself (duh). It is rather non-standard
behavior by BL3 though. Lilo is set to load Slackware ro.
The stated reason is so the file can be ckecked. SW
presumably changes to rw after its done this.

Is this because BL3 uses Busybox?

> 
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Ian wrote:
> 
> > Hi, I have removed BL1 from my 486 and am now installing BL3.
> > I have successfully installed-to-HD and can start BL3 with
> > Loadlin using c:\baslin\hd.bat
> > However, after installing Lilo, (ok, I think), and booting using
> > that, Linux stops loading at ...
> >
> >       init started: Busybox v1.00 ............. etc
> >       No more tasks for init -- sleeping forever
> >
> > Where on Earth do I go from here?
> > I havnt changed much; /etc/inittab is the same /etc/rc has
> > only had "keymaps uk.map" added. It all works with loadlin
> > but not Lilo. Any ideas?
> >
> > -- 
> > Bye now,
> >        Ian.
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Bye now,
        Ian.