did i do something wrong? (dual boot)

[sad_b0i]

ok i am dual booting 98se and red hat 7
this is what i did...
fdisk
2 partitions 5 gig each
set primary active...formatted both drives...
installed 98..all apps..etc...98 is good to go
went back into fdisk deleted the other 5 gig partition...
installed LINUX...installed
rebooted...goes to login screen...the screen freezes every 5 secs...not graphical log in...its the terminal looking screen..i cant log in

did i do something wrong while installing?

[sad_b0i]

hmm...anyone?

[trekker]

Sorry mate... I have no idea...

Since it's a fresh install, maybe you can try reinstalling?

[bdg1983]

installed LINUX...installed
rebooted...goes to login screen...the screen freezes every 5 secs...not graphical log in...its the terminal looking screen..i cant log in
did i do something wrong while installing?


Kinda hard to tell from what you posted.

As suggested, reinstall or try booting into single mode and check your log/messages etc.

[sad_b0i]

ok reinstalled...twice...finally able to get in...but for some reason it is detecting my sound card as something else...odd...i am going to fdisk everything and start it up without a dual boot...also for some reason it didnt detect my NIC with is said to be tested with linux...it never prompts me to configure a network...

also it detected my sound card as an ensoniq something wen i have asound blaster 16 PCI...this i thought is really odd...anyone had this prob?

[The Whizzard]

Originally posted by sad_b0i:
<STRONG>ok reinstalled...twice...finally able to get in...but for some reason it is detecting my sound card as something else...odd...i am going to fdisk everything and start it up without a dual boot...also for some reason it didnt detect my NIC with is said to be tested with linux...it never prompts me to configure a network...

also it detected my sound card as an ensoniq something wen i have asound blaster 16 PCI...this i thought is really odd...anyone had this prob?</STRONG>

Don't know about the NIC(make sure there are no IRQ or I/O conflicts). Many SB use some version of a ensoniq chip. Not so odd after all.

[sad_b0i]

hmm..funny thing is in the example they give me in the install book they have the same card...plus it says the ensoniq card isnt supported...but in mandrake 7.1 the card was deected correctly...hmmmm

[PRSteve27]

on the NIC, if you happen to reinstall, make sure to look for the screen to set up the network (IP, local domain, net mask, etc.) and select the proper configuration for your net work (like selecting the DHCP option at the top, or putting in the right information)

If that screen doesn't show I can't help you, man ;)

[PRSteve27]

on the NIC, if you happen to reinstall, make sure to look for the screen to set up the network (IP, local domain, net mask, etc.) and select the proper configuration for your net work (like selecting the DHCP option at the top, or putting in the right information)

If that screen doesn't show I can't help you, man ;)

[sad_b0i]

the thing is there is no config screen that comes up for me to even choose dhcp...

[bdg1983]

How about using expert mode install? I've never used Mandrake, but my distros expert mode allows configuration of everything during the install.

Mandrake has lots of online documentation on installing, cablemodems, dhcp etc.

[mychl]

Try suse, it'll prolly figure out what you got.

[compunuts]

Make sure you disable plug and play OS in the BIOS option.

For the NIC, if you didn’t chose to install networking components, then it won’t prompt for configuration screen. And yeah choosing expert mode would solve the problem as well…

For sound card, it should be supported. I have two boxes that had that card. Or at least it should work with SB16 support.