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Brad a �crit:
> I usualy don't comment on such postings, but in this case...

wake up man not everybody is god!

> 
> I have been installing Red Hat since 5.1 as a server OS, with no GUI. I
> have installed every version MANY times each: 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2,
> 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and I have NEVER had an installation problem on
> any version so far. I have used 7.3 as a workstation and now I have Red
> Hat 8 and am using it at both work and home at a workstation. I have
> installed it some 10-15 times so far on PCs at work and have never had a
> problem. The PCs are a varied range of Duron, Athlon and Celeron based
> systems in a whole lot of configurations, with SCSI and IDE HD, CD and
> CDRW drives, SCSI DAT drives, PCI and AGP video cards, Intel, 3com,
> Realtek ethernet cards etc etc. I have not had a problem with ANY
> installation at all. However, I nearly always use the text installer and
> not the GUI, but I have used the GUI a few times, still with no problem.
> 
> I have had a couple of post-installation issues with sound drivers etc,
> but nothing that has ever crippled the OS.  
> wake up man, not everybody is god!
> The PCs are just locally assembled with no particular reference to the
> Hardware Compatibility List. I only use good quality components though,
> like ASUS or MSI motherboards etc.
> 
> So I am confused as to the problems that you have mentioned, as this is.fr
> contrary to my own experience. Perhaps you need to consult the HCL and see
> if your hardware is supported.

no-ones perfect ;-)

> 
> Regards,
> Brad
> 

up until recently i had slackware 8.0 on my msi, duron 800mHz, 256mb 
SDram, 32X max cdrom drive, several hdd's of various origins and so on 
and so forth.

the first time that i tried to install rh 8.0; nothing doing.

cd wouldn't boot, not a peep out of the old b*****

so, what did i do? well, i persevered (if that's how you spell it).

i tried installing other distributions until i stumbled on
mandrake 6.0 and then 6.1 which i managed to install and feeling like an 
upgrade and really adventurous i finally managed to install rh8.0

i found,that by checking the progress of the installation by changing 
terminals somehow nudged the ignorant c*** into doing something.

that's not the whole story but just fiddle around a bit and you'll find 
your way. don't ask me how or why, but it worked for me twice.

i installed rh 8.0 twice just for the fun of it ;-)

apart from my experience just listen to will.

he knows what he's talking about.

good luck

clive