> Thanks for taking a look. I have tried 3 times to install Redhat 5 all
> by itself. It goes all the way to installing LILO then gives me a
> message that it cannot continue. I can only boot to a floppy. I read
> somewhere else to give the command "vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1" at the
> boot prompt. That gets everything going ok. Can you please give me
> some remedial help? I am completely new to linux.
Ok, do the above command (the "vmlinuz root=.........." part of it).
Once you have it running, cd /etc and edit lilo.conf to read:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.32 (read note below)
append="mem=xxM" {read note 2}
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
NOTE: look in /boot and see what vmlinuz is called and replace the above
"image=/boot........." line to have your correct version there. If it's
a stock install, it's most likely just the same as the above. Also,
other images may be required (for instance, one for WIN95, NT, OS2, etc)
and should be added here before the next step.
NOTE 2: This line needed if you have more than 16MB ram. Add the total
amount here. If only 16MB or less, remove this line.
After making sure lilo.conf is set up properly, type
lilo
Unless you have a problem with your hard drive (like some other disk
manager on your mbr) it will write the boot process there. Then it will
default to linux when you boot.
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