On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 02:22:09PM +0200, Fonz wrote:
> The installation goes well, but when after that I try to write something
> (in concreto: cat > /etc/rc.conf), the screen blanks for a couple of
> seconds and then drops me back into the machine's maintenance menu.
> 
> Any idea what could be wrong?

You must be pressing control-D. on the console, that means you pressed the
console's "done" button, and didn't end the "cat". try "echo 'text' > file"
instead.

grtz, Tijn