Re: RH4 installation

[Larry D Sorensen <larry sorensen juno com>]

I downloaded the 4.2 release and my system won't boot at all. I am
running AMD 64-bit X2 processor, and so I downloaded ia64 disks. Are
these the correct ones or is there another set for AMD 64-bit?

Larry

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:12:37 -0800 "Michael Scully"
<agentscully flexiblestrategies com> writes:
> Larry:
> 
>         I can't help you with your specifics, but I tried installing 
> RHEL ES
> 4 on a machine whose SATA chipset (Intel's) wasn't supported on the 
> initial
> Enterprise 4 release.  I had to download the Update 2 ISO set before 
> I could
> install.  In my case though, the boot kernel wouldn't even SEE the 
> drives
> for partitioning, so you've likely gotten past that.  But I wonder 
> if SATA
> chipsets are still an issue you're having.  How current is your 
> install
> media?  Do you have a Fedora Core 4 set you could try for 
> comparison?
> 
> Scully
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Larry D Sorensen
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: RH4 installation
> 
> I have a new server that I am loading with RH WE4. I am using 2 
> SATA
> drives and a dual AMD 4200+ processor. The installation hangs after
> setting up the filesystems and setting the initial root password. I 
> have
> gone through this twice now. Does anyone have any suggestions? 
> Should I
> be able to install with only SATA drives installed and no IDE 
> drives
> installed?
> 
> Larry
> 
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