After installation, system restarts with LINUX 5.1 disk in CD-ROM, and SCSI components are identified as follows: *SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 0:0 - QUANTUM VIKING 4.5 DRIVE C: (80h) [CORRECT] *SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 3:0 - PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-12TS ============================================= A BOOTABLE CD-ROM IS DETECTED IN YOUR CD-ROM DRIVE... ============================================= The boot sections on your bootable CD-ROM are: 0. DEFAULT ENTRY ============================================= YOUR CD-ROM DRIVE IS INSERTED AS DRIVE A: (0h). THE ORIGINAL DRIVE A: HAS BECOME DRIVE B: ============================================= SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 4:0 - SyQuest SyJet-S - Drive D:(81h) [correct] *=>"Plug and Play" peripheral--SCSI ID auto-assigned BIOS INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY! after which there is no command line, even when I try <crtl><alt><F1> and cannot use my computer. I tried switching cables to fake it out but they are not compatible. I want to go back to WIN/NT because I've put way too much time into this install. How do I get a command prompt so I can reformat with DOS? I really don't want to run up a repair bill having someone else troubleshoot this just so I can use NT again. Please help!
SYSTEM CONFIG IS SCSI; ADAPTEC 2940UW; ALL COMPONENTS ARE KNOWN TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH LINUX 5.1; INTEL DUAL PPRO 180MHZ; 196MB RAM
This is a hardware problem. You are never even getting to the point you would boot an operating system. The first step would probably be to take the CD-Rom disk out of the CD-Rom drive. Let me guess, an NT CD? ------- Email Received From DavidHumphreys <dahump> 05/28/99 21:14 -------