An addition to what I wrote... I have tried installing both to the MBR and to root, but the outcome was the same? Should I look into the scsi[1,2].s kernel? Thanks, Ray Ray Hauge wrote: > I did use scsi.s. The problem could be when I installed LILO. I've > been installing it to root instead of MBR. Is that correct? I haven't > installed LILO on a scsi system before, so is there a special command I > have to pass to LILO at that screen? > > Thanks, > Ray > > Nathan England wrote: > >> I've done it many times, and initially I would assume possibly because >> you installed or booted using a bare.i kernel and default VMWare uses >> a scsi drive, so slack isn't seeing it? Or lilo didn't install >> correctly because it was a scsi drive? >> >> Did you explicity use a ide drive for the install, or a scsi.s kernel? >> >> Nathan >> >> >> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 06:54 pm, Dennis Kibbe wrote: >> >> >>> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 09:40:03 +0000 >>> >>> Ray Hauge wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I've been trying to install Slackware 9.1 on VMWare as a guest on my >>>> Windows XP machine. I'm using 9.1 because it still uses XFree86, and >>>> VMWare Tools requires XFree86, not xorg :( >>>> >>>> Anyway, I install it just fine, using scsi.s for the kernel when >>>> installing. It installs just fine, but when I restart the virtual >>>> machine, I just get a blank screen after the "BIOS" is finished loading >>>> and it hangs. I've been able to boot up Slax just fine, so it should >>>> theoretically work. Just seeing if anyone else has gotten Slack to >>>> work >>>> on VMWare before. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ray >>>> >>> >>> Just quessing, but could it be that the screen res is such that the >>> prompt >>> is simply off the screen? I've had this happen with laptops. CTRL-L >>> redraws >>> the screen and brings the prompt to the top. >>> >>> Dennisk >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss