Re: RH 8.0 install problems

[Edward Pabst <pabste charter net>]

Jim Hayward

I've never used or seen Linux. I'm wanting to learn how to use it. This is
my first experirnce with it. I bought the Red Hat 8 Bible Book and it says
the boot program is on one of the CD's included with the book. I have a current
Windows XP/Home OS on my computer. I recently reformatted the 80G HD into
2 partitions. Windows in on the C:/ partition(40G). I made a D:/ partition
that is completely unused at present(40G). I do not have a current bootloader
that I'm aware of. Do I need to install one first? Like I said before, The
book I bought said there was one on the CD's. I inserted the Cd, rebooted
my system, it said anaconda installer was loading, I then tried to install
graphical option, got a message saying, monitor: unable to probe, then the
screen went blank. So I  rebooted again and then tried the text option  and
it worked fine untill I got to the partition part and then I couldn't understand
how to do it. The book explains some of it, but I still can't figure it out.
Do you have an Instant messenger username so I might chat with you?


Edward Pabst







Jim Hayward wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 12:26, James Whitney wrote:
>
> > my system ran RH 7.3 using Partition Magic dual boot with no problems,
> > last evening I purchased RH 8.0 and performed an upgrade, not changing
> > any
> > system parameters.  I have lost the dual boot feature,(able to boot
> > Windows or RH 
> > via dual boot into LILO).
> >  
> >   
>
> lilo is not included with Red Hat 8.0. When you upgraded did it present
> you with the option to use your current bootloader or update to grub?
>
> If you chose to use grub, it might not have installed correctly.
> Boot using your boot disk or using rescue mode and try reinstalling
> grub. You might want to take a look at /etc/grub.conf first.
>
> I assume you had the bootloader installed in the mbr of hda.
> You can install grub with: grub-install /dev/hda
>
> If you chose to keep lilo. Check you /etc/lilo.conf and see if it is
> correct. Then reinstall lilo with: lilo -v
>
> See if that cures your problem.
>
> > In addition the system hangs at the BLUE Curve screen after it hits
> > the mouse icon,
> >   
>
> Wrong mouse driver installed after the upgrade maybe. Might try running
> mouseconfig.
>
>
> Regards,
> 	Jim H
>
>
>
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