[linux-help] Re: Linux has errors on setup

[bruce <bbales@xxxxxxx>]

When you start the install, you get a page of options.  I 
believe the first one is "Press enter for a graphic 
installation."  One of the other choices is to type in "expert" 
as I recall.  Don't do that.  Type "linux mem=256m" and hit 
enter.  By the way, you said in your first post you had 512k of 
DDR memory - I assume that is 512M.

Later in the install, you will be offered the opportunity to 
partition the disk with disk druid or let RedHat do it.  I 
would suggest one or two GB of swap and split the remainder of 
the disk about equally between "/"  and "/home", for 
simplicity.   I would use ext3 filesystem, rather than the 
older ext2 for / and /home; the swap filesystem will be "swap." 
120gb will take a while to format.  

Write down your root password.

Good luck,
bruce

On Sunday 16 January 2000 05:00 am, you wrote:
> I am using a box that I put together with Red hat 7.3 with an
> AMD XP 1700 (1,47 Gig processor)
> The Linux Mem=64, and the Linux mem=128 I have no idea what
> that is, or how to use it.  The one thing I know is that
> Linux is partioning this drive out from c to i, and has made
> it almost impossible to access, with anything but Linux. 
> Some of the partitions are no bigger then 1 meg -----
> Original Message -----
> From: "bruce" <bbales@xxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 5:27 PM
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Linux has errors on setup
>
> > Jami,
> > You didn't give any information on release (RH7.3?),
> > machine (old Compaq?), CPU (486 Intel?).
> >
> > I had a similar problem installing RH 7.2 on a SIS box with
> > AMD Athlon 800 MHZ CPU.   I got it to install using "linux
> > mem=64m" to start the install.  Even though I had 128m of
> > memory, part of it was used by the graphics card and "linux
> > mem=128m" didn't work for me.
> >
> > This is fairly common - after I posted my question and got
> > the answer, I got nine emails asking if I had a solution. 
> > I posted the solution several places in about February. 
> > Let me know if this works.
> > bruce
> >
> > On Sunday 16 January 2000 03:26 am, you wrote:
> > > I am trying to install Linux for about the 20th time on
> > > my machine, this is a new machine, with an AMD XP 1700
> > > Processor, and 512K DDR memory.  this Box has a 120 Gig
> > > Hard drive. On set up, it keeps giving me Errors, I would
> > > tell you what errors I get, but it gives me new ones
> > > every time.  Most of the time it says that Linux can not
> > > install such and such file, but occasionally, it comes to
> > > in and wants to debug it. Almost every time results in
> > > the same thing happening, Linux installation Stops.  I
> > > have been successful with getting it on 3 times now, and
> > > all three times it never boots into Linux.  after the
> > > boot up page is gone the screen sets there and flashes
> > > for probably 5 to 10 minutes, then shuts down. Any
> > > suggestions as to what is causing this?
> > >
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