I was gonna mention the BIOS boot order, but I forgot to. I'm glad you thought of it. It looks like you're a step further now.
I think the easiest way for you to get logged in would be to fix your X config. Start by trying to boot with a sane resolution. At the boot prompt type vga=785. If that doesn't work try pressing 'e' to get a menu of options (GRUB only). If you can get to a text root prompt, try running Xconfigurator or xf86setup to redo the X config. Try a resolution of 640x480 and max. 16-bit color. BTW, if you do happen to decide to do a complete reinstall at some point, a good way to start using Linux is by making one big '/' partition (possibly with a '/home' partition if you think you'll be working in it with any data you'll wanna keep). The reason I suggest this is simplicity in troubleshooting. When you're just beginning, it is much simpler to mount /dev/hda1 than worry about which partition is where, what's on it and how it works. :-P That comes later. :-) HTH, Curtis -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Nikitiuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 19, 2003 9:30 PM To: Clug-Talk Subject: (clug-talk) Red Hat Install - UPDATE UPDATE: This may not be the pretty way to do it but for now I switched the boot order in my BIOs so that it boots from Hard Drive before floppy and I get what I assume is the LILO boot prompt. Basically a picture of a Red Hat and the entry I placed in there for Booting. It also gives me the option to hit ctrl+x for text mode. WHen I do that i get "boot: ". I tried entering linux 3 here but it says no such image and that pressing {Tab} gives you a list. I hot tab and all I get is the entry I put in. If I proceed in non-text mode I get the same thing as I did before the flashing "matrixy thing"...which Aaron has pointed out means my x config is screwed. I am at a loss and don't know where to go from here. I am tempted to just reload everything and say screw it...but the time involved... I am really feeling stupid here and I think you can all sense my frustration. I am almost to the point of just saying...well if I know lots of about technology and computers and stuff and I can't do something simple like this, than why freaking bother.
