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Simon Robert wrote: > I'm getting desperate on this one. I'm attempting to install linux, I've > tried several distros, on a novatech barebones box. That is everything > except hard drive and dvd/cd drive. > > I've plugged everything in and it all seems to work. I've set it to boot > from the cd drive first and the sata drive second. > > Cd's from magazines are ignored completely. *.iso disks it attempts to > use and then drops to the ash shell and comes up with the "can't access > tty; job control turned off" message. > > Strangely I have installed Vector Linux, but VL is not the distro I > want, so it could be the problem is connected with live disks. Zenwalk > gets as far as finishing partitioning before it crashes, (no message > just drops to a command line). > > Using an external DVD/CD drive live disks do load all the way, however > no ethernet/LAN device is detected and the graphics are way off in terms > of size/definition etc. > > Very annoyingly windows xp installs perfectly! No network, but that's > probably down to drivers? > > Any help gratefully received. > > Thanks > Simon > Where abouts are you , geographically ? Steph -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html