RedHat boot problems

[Max Powers]

OK, i installed redhat 7.1, and i rebooted the first time and it ran fine, except for a problem with my network card, but i was using it and after about 5 minutes, no programs would load. i could click on the icons, but it didnt do anything. then i was gonna restart but i decided to see if logging out and back in would work. i logged out, but just got a black screen. i waited about 5 minutes and then restarted, and while it was booting it did the usual stuff it has to do when it doesnt shut down right. once it got to the end it said "there is a problem with the /home filesystem. use the fsck command to manually fix it" or somethign along those lines. it then gives me a command line, which i have no experience with. how do i use teh fsck command? or how do i fix it? i assume you know what fsck is because you all say "what the fsck?" etc. :)

thanks in advance for any help. :cool:

[Max Powers]

oh and if i check that partition for errors in partition magic, i get the error "Critical #1221 Directory %lu disconnected from directory hierarchy" but i dont know how to fix it... :confused:

[Max Powers]

ok sorry i figured out how to fix it.

now it just runs slow. every action - logging in, loading a program, etc. - takes at least 1-2 mintes, some up to 5 minutes. anyone know why? :(

[Max Powers]

i tried that HD Tweak NHF it doesnt work. i get a command not found error. :( :confused:

[bdg1983]

You may not have hdparm installed or it's not in your $PATH. Try whereis hdparm or locate hdparm.

If this is a new install, then I would just reinstall again. Whatever has gone wrong may be hard to find (at least for me) and fix.

[Max Powers]

ok thanks ill try that. i read in one post that sometimes it doesnt recognize all the ram, which it seems like what this is, so i tried adding

mem=127m
and
append="mem=127m"
(i saw both)

in several different places in /etc/lilo.conf but neither did anything :(

[bdg1983]

Your system is not detecting all the Ram?

Insert append="mem=128M" near the top of /etc/lilo.conf and make sure you execute /sbin/lilo to write the changes.

[Keyser Soze]

Make sure you need to run the hd tweak, one of the new modifications to mandrake 8 and rh 7.1 is default hd tweaking. Do a which hdparm see if it is in your path as root and do a test first hdparm -tT /dev/hda then do a custom tweak hdparm -X66 -c1 -d1 -m16 /dev/hda If it is faster add it, but the default is pretty quick. Notice, the x66 or x33 is only if your controller supports it.

[bdg1983]

Be very careful with the -X66 or -X33 as it can mess up your HD. I found out the hard way a couple of days ago.

Thank Powerquest for DriveImage.

[Max Powers]

Originally posted by mdwatts the 3rd:
<STRONG>Your system is not detecting all the Ram?

Insert append="mem=128M" near the top of /etc/lilo.conf and make sure you execute /sbin/lilo to write the changes.</STRONG>

hm... that didnt work. now i get a Kernal Panic error and it wont load at all. i guess ill just reinstall it. :)

[Keyser Soze]

Hence the cautionary note "if it supports it". best to check the mans.

[Max Powers]

oh i thought they were saying that the hdparm thing might not work :confused: