Re: redhat 8 install help

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:01:55 -0400 (EDT)
Andrew Schaeffer <schaeffe dickinson edu> wrote:

> Im installing redhat8 on a PIII 550Mhz, 128Mb gateway.  purchased 3
> years ago.  when i try to install it doesnt even get through the
> system notes. I tried text mode gui mode, and several options: 
> noprobe, diskppd, ...  I also did the mediacheck but it still hangs
> before it even gets through teh system notes.  i thought it might be
> some hardware compatibility problems but the machine is a factory
> gateway as described above.  any suggestions?

Just because it was working once doesn't mean it's working still.
Everything that goes bad has a moment in time when it changes from good
to bad.

Check connections for drives, make sure memory is seated, etc.

I'd check RAM. You can get a copy of memtest86 to try it out. There's
even an executable for windoze, called, simply, memtest, though I don't
quite understand that since it needs to run without a whole lot of stuff
loaded. (Could simply be a DOS executable; since I don't do MS.......)

Then I'd try installing something else to make sure of the CD drive,
mobo, IDE channel(s), etc.

You may also have a flaky power supply. That would show up when testing
the hardware, though it might be hard to tell if any problems found are
power-related or they're caused by something else.

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