On 5/27/05, Mark Banschbach <mrbear37@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey Chuck...
>
> I have used Damn Small for about 2years on a variety
> of machines. I currently have it running on my
> THinkpad 770, and its just a beautiful thing.
>
> As for your boot issue, is this POST HD-install ?
No Live CD...
> Which type of install did you do ? What version are
Latest, just pulled it off of the web site dsl1.1 is what it
says
> you running ? All this would be most helpful. Also..
> if your running a Live CD version.. you might want to
> run the Checksum on the image ? possibly redownload
I will do so and see if that was what the problem was.
> it.. I personally have not had your issue but I will
> also vouch for the helpfulness of John ( the
> developer/owner/whatever guy) and a few of the others
> in forum. It might also take a day or 2 to get back
> to you. This has been my own experience. I have had
> it on my thinkpad.. my wifes Dell Latitude CP.. an IBM
> GL300 desktop. and a couple of other PC clones. I
> also have a Toshiba laptop which is a Satellite T-4700
> with no CD drive that I installed Debian on by floppy
> ( Oh Lord what a day that was :) and had a couple of
> video tweaks to do .. and a little extra help by my
> buddy Andrew Wyatt to get some font issues together
> etc..
Sounds like you have been using it a while. I am actually
interested in using it on several machines and in the end I
want to end up with it on a CF card.... But I have to get it
up and running first on something so I can poke at it a bit.
>
> Let me know what you have.. and what you did , and
> possibly I can help a little..
>
Thank you Mark. I will drop notes as I find out what I have
or have not done...
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal."----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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