Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 7, Issue 5

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:10:21PM -0700, Sam Duvall wrote:
> 
>  
> > Today's Topics:
> > 
> >    1. Re: Will not fully boot (Jeff Kinz)
> 
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 13:29:58 -0400
> > From: Jeff Kinz <jkinz at kinz.org>
> > Subject: Re: Will not fully boot
> > To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> > Message-ID:
> > <20040904132958.A11430 at redline.comcast.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:09:27PM -0700, Sam Duvall
> > wrote:
> > > I have Red Hat 8 and the power went off. Now it
> > will
> > > not boot past this;
> > > 
> > > Bringing up interface ppp0:
> > > 
> > > how can I force it past this?
> > 
> > ppp0 - is usually a dial-up modem connection.
> > (Can also be DSL - sometimes)
> > 
> > If it can't bring up the connection, and that
> > connection is required
> > for one of the boot time services, like "sendmail",
> > then your boot 
> > can take a long time.
> > 
> > Does it really stop booting completely or, if you
> > wait 10-15 minutes
> > does it then continue? 
> > 
> > (P.S. is the modem still plugged into the phone
> > line? )
> > 
> The modem is still plugged in but when it went dead
> from power loss I was setting up my dialup and hadn't
> finnished with it. 
> 
> Also when setting up the dialup it couldn't find the
> modem. I done a new hardware search but couldn't find
> it. 
> 
> Also when I try to boot to DOS it gives me this;
> 
> booting 'DOS'
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> chainloader +1
> _   
> 
> ^--"above is supposed to be a cursour"
> 
> If I could find out how to run fdisk in linux I would
> start all over because I have nothing to lose in it
> now.

You don't need to use fdisk.  Just boot with your CD #1 and redo the
install.

> Thank you in advance
> 
> Sam Duvall
> 
> 
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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