did you choose a partition that was large enough for RL?  we currently 
install about 850M of software.

you may wish to format by hand before installing.

Kevin Milani wrote:

> Just wondering if anybody else has had difficulties in installing 
> Redmond Linux.  I downloaded the iso images from the Redmond Linux FTP 
> server and burned them to CD.
>
> Then I used that CD to install Redmond Linux on a PC which had Red Hat 
> Linux 7.1 installed on it previously.  At the very end of the 
> installation (just before writing the backup floppy) I receive an 
> error stating that some of the packages did not install.
>
> I am able to continue and write the backup floppy and then reboot.  
> But after rebooting I get stuck at a command prompt both as root and 
> as a regular user.  As root I tried to use #startx and it appeared 
> like the program tried to work as the screen changed, but after 
> several minutes it timed out and returned me back to the prompt.
>
> I have tried several variations on the installation procedures and 
> they have all ended up the same way.  Is there some way to make this 
> work?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Kevin
>
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