>
> Hiya! I've just installed kernel v. 1.3.67 on my machine, and I now get
> an error when booting that says my terminal type is unknown. When I do
> an echo TERM, I get "linux". Since the type is unknown according to the
> kernel, I can't run anything even as simple as vi! Any suggestions or
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
# export TERM=console
# cd /etc
# pico termcap
(or your prefured editor)
find the console entry, and add a 'linux|' to the front, mine looks like
this (after editing, and it's not the whole entry):
linux|console|con80x25|dumb:\
> C. Hopkins
>
Bryn
--
PGP key available from any good server \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence
1024/EB275221 1995/09/05 Bryn P. A. Jones | initiated.
<bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk> (use this key) / This space is intentionally left
fingerprint: 83 AF D8 65 BC 52 74 31 | blank, apart from this text ;-)
67 1A 5F 31 F5 A0 9C 82 \____________________________________