Reply to: Re: Instalation problem, PLEASE HELP!
I think that you need to create a at least swap, "/" and "/usr" partitions before you can install red hat. I don't think disk druid automatically creates these partitions for you, so you need to define them yourself.--------------------
Stephen Clark Jr.
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Logan Mayfield wrote:
>ok,
>"made a bootable CD" meaning i burning from the redhat-6.2-i386.iso file.
>Anyway, I'm
>not using partitions cause I'm installing Linux on an Empty 6 gig hardrive.
> Should i
>make partitions anyway? I told Disk Druid to install to my empty hardrive
>mounted to
>"/". Does this make it any clearer?
>
>-Logan
>
>
>Richard Adams wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 05 Apr 2000, Logan Mayfield wrote about, Instalation problem,
>PLEASE HELP!:
>> > hey,
>> > I'm new to the list/Linux. I'm trying to get Red Hat Linux 6.2
>> > installed on my
>> > computer. I have a PII 400MHz pressor, 64 MB RAM, 2 Harddrives. On one
>> >
>> > HArddrive I'm running Windows 98, and I'm trying to get Linux Installed
>> > on the
>> > other hardrive. I downloaded the image file and madea bootable CD.
>> > Whenever it
>> > starts the installation if freezes. THe screen says it's installing
>> > packages,
>> > but nothing is happeneing. The box that says creating loopback file
>> > system is
>> > still there. I even let it sit for several hours (while i slept) to see
>> > if it
>> > was just going really slow.
>> >
>> > So, anyone got any suggestions? I really want to get Linux up and
>> > running on my
>> > system (I'll be runing a dual boot system, I got too much stuff in
>> > Windows to
>> > just abandon it). Any help would be greatly appriciated.
>> >
>> > -Logan
>>
>> I have just installed 6.2 here on one of my boxes, i had no problem at all.
>> I burned my own image as well which i got from tucows.
>> As to what is happening at your end i do not know, your explanation is far
>> to skecthy, pls, tell us what you did when using fdisk, how did you define
>> your partitions with disk druid, and if possable try hitting ctrl-alt F2 3
>> or 4 and see what the log file says..
>>
>> O yes, just what is "madea bootable CD" ?????.
>>
>> The iso image on all mirror sites is a bootable image.
>>
>> --
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