/bin/ash -not so duplicate thread

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

i'm trying to install gentoo on a really old pentium1 box,
i've read through other threads but i just can't figure this out.

i boot with the livecd with the nofb option, all seems well till i get this common error,

BusyBox v1.00-pre7 (2004.05.16-17:48+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
/newroot #

i can't take out any cds from other drives, i only have 1 cd drive.

any help will be really appreciated.

bouslough · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 15

I lirterally just got that same error trying to boot the livecd on an HP ProLiant BL10e G2 blade. One thig is it's using a USB attached CDROM drive. I don't know if that makes any difference.

-Shane

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

i'm using a really really really old cdrom in the middle of a ribbon like this

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mobo cdrom empty

i don't know if this matters, or jumpers for that matter, i haven't checked, drive works fine, so i figured its ok. i got this old pc for free from a friend, has win98 on it, i want to get rid of that win98 real fast! all the comps i have run gentoo and very very well.

bouslough · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 15

I tried some advice from another thread, and attempted to boot like this:

tomk · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:17 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo, looks very #much like a duplicate thread to me, please see this sticky:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=152855
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