Trouble configuring Red Hat 7.2

[Pedro Morales]

I downloaded the 3 cd's from the mirror and burned
them to use them at class, but since we're just
starting we found no way to get the installation
working, I was hoping for an autorun from the cdrom
boot (the cdrom is set up as first boot device) but it
didn't, it went straight to the linux7.2 that we're
having problems with.

Do I have to download any extra files from the mirror
for the boot sequence to happen?

Thanks


--- Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Pedro Morales wrote:
> > Dear Linux experts,
> > 
> > I'm a student of the Keiser College in Orlando,
> FL. We
> > are in the Network Administration Program and we
> are
> > starting to learn to use Linux, we all have great
> > interest in beocming Linux experts but we
> encounter a
> > small problem, we can't run the GUI version.
> > 
> > Everytime we try to run it, we get an error and
> can't
> > start it, it says that can't find the monitor,
> during
> > installation the monitor was auto detected, but
> the
> > video card wasn't, we have all the specs of the
> > computer but the video card was not listed in the
> > installation list.
> 
> Red Hat Linux 7.2 has been dead for a long time. 
> All "free" versions
> of Red Hat Linux are dead--the last one being Red
> Hat Linux 9, which
> Red Hat end-of-lifed April 30 (just three days ago).
> 
> You can download RH9 from their servers or a mirror
> and install it.
> Keep in mind that since it's been EOL'd, it won't be
> updated by Red Hat
> any longer.  The Fedora Legacy project will continue
> to update it, but
> you will have to get your updates from them (up2date
> will NOT work).
> 
> > Since it's a college, they buy the computers by
> lot
> > from brand manufacturers, in our case, it's IBM's.
> The
> > book we're using is Thompson Course Technology
> Linux+
> > Guide to Linux Certification, and using the free
> Red
> > Hat Linux 7.2 that comes with it. I suspect that
> the
> > video card wasnt found because it's an old version
> of
> > Red Hat on a new computer.
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> > I'm wondering if there's a way to add that video
> card
> > from the linux test mode after installing? A
> friend
> > and I reinstalled linux many times with full
> options
> > testing the different video cards made by Intel
> (since
> > it's a built in Video), spending hours in that but
> no
> > solution.
> 
> It's not trivial.  You'd need to build the new
> driver for the old
> system.  Unless you have some experience, you'll
> find it difficult.
> 
> > If needed, our computers are:
> > IBM ThinkCentre 8189-A4U
> > Pentium 4 HT
> > 512ram
> > 
> > and well, I'm sure you guys can get teh detailed
> specs
> > from IBM.
> > 
> > We'd appreciate any possible solutions.
> 
> Why don't you download Fedora Core 1 from one of the
> mirror sites or
> from the main RedHat site?  Fedora Core 1 was going
> to be Red Hat Linux
> 10, but Red Hat decided to go the "enterprise"
> route.
> 
> The primary Fedora website is
> http://fedora.redhat.com.
>
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