[Quantian-general] Quantian .7.9.2 and Averatec 1000 problem

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 29 January 2007 at 18:48, louis homer wrote:
| I am able to boot .7.9.2 to and old Sony laptop and to my main computer, 
| apparently without difficulty.  When I try to boot my Averatec 1000 notebook 
| computer it fails. Running debug lang=us, I obtain the warning:
| 
| 'EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended'
| 
| The boot then continues to stage 3, the last line displayed is:
| 
| 'Network device eth1 detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP.'
| 
| The computer just hangs there.  I need to use the emergency poweroff to 
| restart things.
| 
| Suggestions please.  What can I do about the warning? Any other suggestions 
| about hardware that should be excluded?  Please be specific about suggestions 
| with correct syntax, since I am a novice, and just telling me to go there and 
| do this may not be very helpful.

With respect to booting and hardware detection, Quantian really is "just"
Knoppipx so please try the Knoppix cheatcodes and other tricks offered on the
Knoppix help forums.

Hope this helps, Dirk

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