[PLUG] Install Weirdness

[Jim Webb]

Robert,

I had problems when I first installed Red Hat 8.  Do you have at least
64 MB RAM for a text install?  I believe that you need 128 MB for a
graphical install.  What is the hardware configuration for this pc?

TIA,

Jim
 
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 10:01, Robbert van Andel wrote:
> I am installing RedHat 7.3 on one of my dad's computers.  This has been
> the most challenging install I've performed of this OS.  The first time
> through the computer would not boot, freezing about half way through the
> OS boot process. 
> 
> The second time I installed, I was able to boot the computer using a
> floppy disk and was able to run up2date but that froze sometime during
> the process.  I left the computer on for about 12 hours before I
> restarted hoping that it was just busy.  I was able to bring the
> computer back up fine and decided only to do a few packages at a time
> with up2date.  I was able to upgrade the kernel.  I rebooted after that
> and got a lot of error messages essentially telling me certain files
> were too large (service in the /sbin folder was one.  The file size was
> astronimical)  others had to do with setting fonts and I belief  many,
> many files in the /sbin folder were corrupted. 
> 
> I'm installing a third time and changing some of my settings in the
> hopes that it'll work.  Does anyone have an idea why this would be
> happening (I was able to do it fine on two different computers about
> three weeks ago).  I'm installing on a Gateway Destination IV.
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