fluff fluff@zetnet.co.uk wrote:

Dear Egg Spurts - after numerous reboots, I can't get Deb3 to break out of screen lockup after some sort of resume. At LILO/Right shift the only option in "Linux". When selected, same boot routine results in two mins of screen scrool, with no option to stop, which seems to start from where we left off but followed by same stop/black screen. How do I restart the install process please? Do I need to remove previous?

I think the "display manager" is trying to start up and failing. That piece of software is the screen most graphical desktop users log in at. Eventually, it will realise it's failing and stop trying, but that could be a very long time for your 486, so let's try to avoid it.

At the right shift prompt, enter "Linux S" and it should stop at a special login prompt for root. Enter your root password there and then type "dselect" at the prompt which appears. Hopefully that will present you with a menu which includes "[I]nstall" as an option. Pick that and it will continue from where we killed it.

Let us know how it goes,

MJR