dear friend, i had the same problem. install lilo as your boot manager. go to nvidia website. download the driver NVIDIA_nforcexxxx.rpm corresponding to red hat 7.2 or 7.3 something like & that. ur system should start working. my hardware configuration was also similar to u. ---bye... --- "Arshad H. Siddiqui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks > > recently I've upgraded my comp to----------- > AMD Athlon 2000+ > MotherBoard- ASUS (A7N266-BM SC/WL-UAYZ) > 256 MB DDR RAM > AGP- Nvidia GeForce Mx2 > Sound- Nvidia Force Audio Codec > > I stll use my old Monitor SAMTEL on which I'd used > Red Hat 7.2 > > After upgradation whn I was tryin to install ---- > > (1)Red Hat 8.0 in Graphical mode it says unable to > probe monitor and goes for a blank screen. > > (2)Aftr installin RedHat 7.2 successfully at the > time of startup it hangs at > starting APD Dameon > > (3)I trid installng RedHat 8.0 in text mode, > installation was successful, but after the GRUB > screen following error msg coms up----- > ________________ > Booting 'Red Hat Linux (2.4.8-14)' > root(hd0,6) > FileSusyem type is ext2fs,partition type 0x83 > Kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ > [Linux-bzImage,setup=)x1400,size=)x10ea0d] > > Error 28:Selected item cannot fit into memory > > Press any key to continue. > _________________ > > aftr pressn key it gos bak 2 GRUB screen. > Horribly I'd set partition type as ext3 ...why does > it says FileSystem type is ext2fs. > > what does it mean by selected item cannot fit into > memory????? > Pl. dont tell me that I m havn prob with Swap > partition coz I ve 256 MB RAM and my swap partion I > d set as 512 MB. so I dont thnk its coz of SWAP > partition. > > I want 2 install Red Hat 8.0 with Graphics and sound > fully functioning... n tht would be a dream com true > aftr so many hassls I d been facing since last one > week...trying out all alternatives. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > regards > Arshad H. Siddiqui > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >
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