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Thomas Hartley (tommyh@ecn.net.au) wrote:

: I have just recieved the latest version of RedHat and I'm trying to install
: it onto a Dual Pentium Pro with 128mb of RAM and 2 3.8Gb IDE Hard disks.
: 
: At this point I should probably mention that I have absolutely NO
: Unix/Linux experience.
: 
: The install program seems to work OK, setting up mouse, video, etc. I have
: partitioned the first hard drive into 3 native partitions + 1 Linux swap
: partition ( as per the book that accompanied the CD ).
: 
: All seems to go well ( except the Ethernet card :- a Realtek 8029 PCI full
: duplex card, any suggestions appreciated) when asked about LILO I choose to
: write to the MBR and the restart.
: 
: The machine only gets as far as  * LI * then hangs. 
: 
: What have I done wrong ???

A) I don't think that Ethernet card is supported
   Try a good NE2000, or the SMC PCI Combo cards (config as a DE4x5)

B) I've found, that the LI problem happens when theres a problem with
   the Partition table, usually from the partition table that came
   from the manufacturer.. 

To fix it, I deleted all the partition with fdiskm, than ran
MS-DOS's fdisk /MBR to re-create a whole new MBR/Part table..

This time round.. it seemed to work


If THAT doesn't work... another solution I used once, was to create a very
small DOS partition.. like 5 Megs or so... then create all the linux
partitions after it.. Then use a DOS program called 'LOADLIN' to boot
linux from dos... Messy yes... but it works.. and quite well too

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