Re: problems with installing Redhat7

[Matt Drew <mdrew redhat com>]

Try booting the installation with this:

linux nousb

from the initial LILO boot: menu.  Ten bucks says you have a Presario
5000.:)  There was a problem with the USB controller chipset in those
machines (and others), all Via motherboards -- Apollo Pro and others
around that time.  Once you install, use that same command line (CTRL-X to
get out of the splash screen) to boot and then go into /etc/modules.conf
and remove the USB entries.  There is supposed to be an Alexandria (the
knowledge base) entry on this -- I'm looking into that.

Matt

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, A. G. wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> I am new to Linux.  I already have Windows Me and OpneLinux2.4 from Caldera
> Systems on my machine on different partitions, but I wanted to try Redhat.
> So I downloaded the iso images and burned them on CDs.  When I try to
> install Redhat, I get to the screen that lets me choose the option of
> installation I want i.e. grahical, text, expert etc.
> No matter which opion I choose the installation stops after it probes for
> hardware.  I get sth like
>
> . . .
> checking for writeable /tmp... yes
> running install...
> running /sbin/loader
> _
>
> right here it just dies.  By the way Mandrake, and Corel Linux basically do
> the same thing.
>
> Can anyone help?  Please write me at gskela hotmail com
>
> Thanks
>
> A.G.
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Matt Drew
Peer Review team lead and Bughunter
Red Hat Consumer Services