MDK10.1OE on Toshiba 5000 series

[lawsonrc]

I have a Toshiba 5005-S507 where I wiped out all my distros and partitions to start all over again. This machine is part of the 5000 series, so installation on it is the same as, for example, the 5205-S704 (which I also have, but not daring enough to put linux on it yet, due to Toshiba issues with linux distros).

 

I installed MDK10.1OE on hda5 with Lilo on hda1 MBR ( generously made this partition 109 MB, since the machine has a large harddrive and this size doesn't harm anything).

 

After installing 10.1, when I boot in graphical/verbose mode, the computer hangs on "checking new hardware". A friend of mine who hasn't gotten back to me by email, told me that he was successful with another Toshiba with the same problem by turning off some services.

 

Q. #1. So, if I put the DVD in and choose "rescue mode", what specific commands do I use to turn off some services, and which services do I turn off, so that it will boot into KDE or any other DE or DM.

 

All help will be greatly appreciated! And, in advance, thanks!

 

P.S. DragonMage, how are you?

 

Richard

[devries]

Can you boot into failsafe mode? If yes run /etc/init.d/harddrake stop. Then type:init 3. Log in and than startx.

 

Good luck.

[lawsonrc]

Thanks devries. Here were my results after booting into Failsafe Mode:

 

sh-2.05b# /etc/init.d/harddrake stop

Stopping harddrake [OK]

sh-2.05b# init 3

INIT: switching to runlevel: 3

INIT: Sending the process the TERM signal

INIT: Sending the processes the KILL signal

Start udev [OK]

Starting dkms: [OK]

Starting pcmcia: [OK]

Checking for new hardware_ (blinking underscore line)

 

And it just hangs there.

 

I thought I had read elsewhere in this forum (forgot where), that I may need to stop other services, maybe wireless network (i.e. pcmcia above)???

 

I'm nontechnical and a bit confused.

 

I appreciate your help.

 

Richard L.