On Mon, 7 May 2001, Pushkar & Bipin wrote:
|I am a first time linux user.
|
|I chose to install redhat linux 6.2 supplied on PCQuest June 2k CD on
|my computer that has the following configuration :
|
|On extended partition I have logical drive D for data of 5 Mb size
|rest 5 Mb I reserved for Linux and started installation.
Wow! you are able to run gnome on a 5MB install!! please mail us the
details we are all interested!! ;-)
|1. LILO is somehow not working. As I start computer on blank screen
|only letters 'LI' appear and nothing happens further than that. if I
|try to boot thro' boot floopy created during the process of
|installation it boots but does not offer dos option. It only boots in
|linux.
remove the floppy and you can boot into windoze!!
ofcourse if lilo is in the mbr .. you will have to run fdisk /mbr from ur
dos/windoze rescue disk!
|
|2. After booting screen resolution in Gnome is 300 X 200. (I have
|onboard AGP that uses 2Mb memory from RAM)
edit ur XF86Config file.... but I'm not sure if RH6.x supports i81x
mobos... the distro is over a year old... there have been two releases
since... I would recommend u to get to redhat 7.1
has the 2.4 series kernel.
has XFree86 4.x
has rpm 4.x
has glibc 2.2
the list goes on...
Kingsly
.:: Kingsly John ICQ 14787510 ::.
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.:: Linux 2.4.3 #10 Mon Apr 23 22:43:11 IST 2001 i686 ::.
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