RH4 installation

Alan Shen ashen.2005 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 31 05:57:44 UTC 2005


Hi larry,

You should select the X86 64 edition, this one is for AMD 64 bit, the IA- 64
means it for Intel. IA(Intel Architecture)

On 12/31/05, Larry D Sorensen <larry.sorensen at juno.com> wrote:
>
> 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 at 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-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]
> > On Behalf Of Larry D Sorensen
> > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:05 PM
> > To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > redhat-list mailing list
> > unsubscribe
> > mailto:redhat-list-request at redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> >
> > --
> > redhat-list mailing list
> > unsubscribe
> > mailto:redhat-list-request at redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> >
> >
>
> --
> redhat-list mailing list
> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request at redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
>



--
Best Regards,

Alan



More information about the redhat-list mailing list