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

[louis homer]

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 17:39, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 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


It did help, thankyou.  booting with nodhcp solved the boot problem. Now I 
have a system that doesn't see the internet, so I guess I have to figure out 
how to solve that problem.