Re: Linux Doesnt Install ---plzz help.

[Santosh Pasi <spasi diskonnet com>]

Hi Veena Gudi,

Start your system with cdrom, at boot:

boot: linux root=/dev/hda1

If your system will start normally(as per ur mail), login as root

# vi /etc/lilo.conf


make sure in case following entries are proper

boot=/dev/hda    ==> 

then in image section for linux
you will find something like this

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-12  ==> no. may be different
        label=linux
        read-only
        root=/dev/hda1  ==> is important

finally save file

and run following command
# lilo -v

then try to boot with harddisk,
your system should start normally

Good Luck

Regards,
Santosh Pasi




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>> Hi guys...
>> 
>> 	I these questions might sound very naive... But plzz help.. I am
>> stuck up with my installation..
>> 	Plz have the patience to go thru my story...
>> 
>> 	1. I had installed RedHat Linux 6.1 GNUWorkstaion on my secondary
>> master hard disk of my machine.. It got installed properly on hdc 
drive..>> 	2. Next day i tried to boot my system.. it gave me a kernel panic
>> error with some stack dump.. So i decided re-install by booting from 
my>> CDRom.. it gave kernel 		panic again?
>> 	3. . Then i made my hard disk my primary master... and i Booted my
>> system with the Linux installed harddisk as my Primary master (hda) 
. It>> gave "LI" and 		stopped.
>> 	4 I tried installing on hda using my CDRom... it gave me a kernel
>> panic error with some stack dump..
>> 	5. I tried installing in expert mode with the command "linux
>> root=/dev/hda1". it booted... started recognising my hardware config 
and>> then suddenly restarted the computer!!!!... and installing it with 
"linux>> root=/dev/hda2" , "linux root=/dev/hda3"  gives me a kernel panic.
>> 	
>> 	
>> 	I dont understand what happened.. I am really stuck.. why cannot i
>> reformat my HDD using the Installation CD.. why is that giving 
problems..>> 	Is any thing gone wrong with my hard ware config.. I dont
>> understand.. I suppose i have tried all the possible combinations i 
could>> think of... But it doesnt work..
>> 	Plzz plzz help
>> 	
>> 	
>> 	
>> 
>> 
>> Veena S Gudi
>> Software Engineer
>> Xoriant Solutions
>> 
>> Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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