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

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jami 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
>
Linux does not partition it fron c to i.

The linux partitions would be hda1 ..... hdaX.

If you are using disk druid to partition a disk that size it often will 
fail.  I have had disk druid put partitions at the end of the disk 
instead of at the beginning (in the order it wants to and not the order 
created).  Since Linux often requires the boot partition to be within 
the first 1024 cylinders disk druid does not work on the larger drives.

Similarly, the auto partition during the install sometimes fails for the 
same reason.

I suggest you use fdisk since that always puts the partitions in the 
order you specify. Partition the drive with /  (and maybe /boot if you 
are using a separate partition for that) as the first partition(s). Then 
go with other partitions after that. You should also specify the 
partition size.


>----- 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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