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macavity42
11-14-2002, 04:48 PM
I'm fairly new to Linux and decided to take an old computer, install Linux, and play around a bit. I picked up a boxed set of RedHat 8.0 and after a bit of help from their tech support, I got it to install. I used the following settings to get it to install

linux ide=nodma mem=64M apm=off text

I let it completely wipe out my hard drive, selected the defaults for everything, and it seemed to install fine.

Now, I can't get it to boot. A screen comes up for Grub 0.92 and I'm able to select "Red Hat Linux 2.4.18-14", which is the only option. Then it starts coming up and freezes. The last few lines are my screen are

Loading ext3 module
Mounting /proc filesystem
Creating block devices
Creating root device
Mounting root filesystem
JBD: Clearing recovery information on journal

I've restarted a couple times, so the last message may be due to that. After that, it just freezes and nothing ever happens.

Any suggestions for what to try next or any FAQs it might be worth reading? Thanks in advance!

Robert
mdwatts
11-14-2002, 07:53 PM
Could you please tell us a little bit about your hardware and partitions etc.?
macavity42
11-14-2002, 10:33 PM
The machine I'm trying to install on has

Cyrix 6x86 MX - 233 Mhz
64M
2 Harddisks (8GB & 4GB)
TBS Malibu Sound card
3dfx Voodoo Banshee
Linksys PCI Ethernet Adapter
CDRom

As for partitions, I setup the following:


Device Mount Type Size
------------------------------
/dev/hda1 /boot /ext3 100
/dev/hda2 / /ext3 7398
/dev/hda3 swap 512
mdwatts
11-15-2002, 07:45 AM
Is Redhat support confident 8.0 will work on the Cyrix 233 with only 64mb?

Since you installed using 'linux ide=nodma mem=64M apm=off text', see if add

mem=64M apm=off at the Lilo boot prompt.

You may need to permanently add that to /etc/lilo.conf.
macavity42
11-15-2002, 10:42 AM
I use grub instead of lilo, but that did the trick. I edited my /boot/grub/grub.conf file and added "ide=nodma mem=64M apm=off" and now it is booting up fine.

Thanks for the help!

Robert
:)
mdwatts
11-15-2002, 05:59 PM
Originally posted by macavity42
I use grub instead of lilo, but that did the trick. I edited my /boot/grub/grub.conf file and added "ide=nodma mem=64M apm=off" and now it is booting up fine.

Thanks for the help!

Robert
:)

Sorry as I really did mean to say Grub and then of course since I started with Lilo, I continued on with the lilo.conf suggestion.

The initial boot options will work with both, but then you need to add the options to the correct bootloader config.

Glad you got it working even though I was a little off track with the bootloader.