Chapter 3: Troubleshooting the installation

Table of contents

• Chapter 3: Troubleshooting the installation
  • Solving problems during installation
    • System does not boot during installation
    • Error reading a floppy disk
    • Errors when using SCSI installation devices
    • System reboots from Boot Disk or screen blanks after Boot: prompt
    • System hangs at hardware configuration screen
    • Hardware self-check stops
    • System does not boot from the hard disk
  • Solving problems after installation
    • Console screen looks strange
    • Graphical scologin screen on tty02 looks strange
    • Hardware does not work
    • DOS does not work
    • System not licensed or unregistered software
    • Error message: Can´t fork
    • Error message: X TOOLKIT ERROR
    • Common system resource error messages
  • Solving undocumented installation problems
    • Hardware and operating systems
    • Identifying the problem
  • Before calling for help
    • A description of the problem
    • System configuration