New FC4 install will not boot -

[bobgoodwin]

Charles Curley wrote:

>On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:12:48AM -0500, bobgoodwin wrote:
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>>I had trouble installing until I entered "linux text" and then things 
>>seemed to go to the very end without a hitch.  Then an error message 
>>flashed on the screen but was gone before I could read and copy it?
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>>TThe video board giving me trouble is apparently similar, a "Trident 
>>Blade 3D."
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>>Is there anyway I can correct this problem without installing FC3?
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>Possibly the problem has been repaired with subsequent updates. Try
>booting to run level 3 (no X), and apply all the updates.
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>To boot to run level 3, append " 3" to the command line (the one that
>starts "kernel") in grub.
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><rant>This sort of occasional OOPs is why on initial installations I
>set the system to boot to run level 3 rather than 5. I leave it that
>way for a while until I am satisfied that everything works
>correctly. It is also why I make sure I can log in to each of my
>machines via SSH.</rant>
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Yes, I did that and changed inittab so that it boots in level 3, which I 
prefer anyway, and that works but it still leaves me with no X.  In this 
rural area the only service available is dial-up which is a handicap in 
doing large updates, and there is no modem in that computer.  I can 
transfer stuff from this one via sftp if I can find the required files.  
I guess what I was hoping for was that someone would know where I can 
get the files.  If not I will repartition and put FC-3 in there also but 
it seems like a lot of wasted effort, there ought to be another way?

Thanks.

BobG