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im new in linux and i downloaded redhat 9 but i don't know how to install it and what to do first..
help!!!
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Posted 09 November 2004 - 02:40 AM
all right so you got the isos heres what your going to need to do is burn them
its not going to be a data burn your going to need to burn image to disk/burn iso
so heres good programs
roxio any version (for roxio file burn image to disk, i beleive,)
nero
deepburner note can get for free as beta and thatll do the trick
burn at no faster the 12X stick to prefably 4/8x
once burned pop the cds into tray and youll have the anaconda installer choose manual partitioning and choose the options that sounds like it wont kick off your windows partition then choose your packages and install then reboot i could go more into depth but one question at a time
some things to solve and note any problems before they occur
hardware redhat 9.0 uses an older kernel and may not support your hardware if its newer
so things like mobo
processor
network card
modem
video card
and if this is a store bought prebuilt pc list the make and model and we can grab the parts list
its not going to be a data burn your going to need to burn image to disk/burn iso
so heres good programs
roxio any version (for roxio file burn image to disk, i beleive,)
nero
deepburner note can get for free as beta and thatll do the trick
burn at no faster the 12X stick to prefably 4/8x
once burned pop the cds into tray and youll have the anaconda installer choose manual partitioning and choose the options that sounds like it wont kick off your windows partition then choose your packages and install then reboot i could go more into depth but one question at a time
some things to solve and note any problems before they occur
hardware redhat 9.0 uses an older kernel and may not support your hardware if its newer
so things like mobo
processor
network card
modem
video card
and if this is a store bought prebuilt pc list the make and model and we can grab the parts list
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Posted 09 November 2004 - 08:10 PM
Few questions to answer a question
1: all right how did you burn them, and what speed
2: check bios usually press f1, esc, del to get into bios and change the boot order cd should be first in the list
i really cant give much advice unless i know the following things speed is a big thing as well did you burn the cd image?
1: all right how did you burn them, and what speed
2: check bios usually press f1, esc, del to get into bios and change the boot order cd should be first in the list
i really cant give much advice unless i know the following things speed is a big thing as well did you burn the cd image?
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Posted 09 November 2004 - 08:38 PM
Pop the cd you burned into the primary cd/dvd drive and see if it boots up. If not you will need to change the boot order in the bios as Soul has suggested. If this also fails you will need to burn the iso as a bootable image. Let us know the application you are using to burn the cd and we can try to help you get it right. More info = more better help. 
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Posted 10 November 2004 - 02:20 AM
...amd make sure that you burned the image, not the file itself as a data file.
If changing the bios to boot from cdrom first does not work;
Look at the cd in another distro or windows and see if you see just the iso as a single file, or a list of directories and files. The iso files need to be burned as image. If you just see a single iso file, from Nero, go to file-->burn image. Choose the location of the iso and burn them at 4X speed.
If changing the bios to boot from cdrom first does not work;
Look at the cd in another distro or windows and see if you see just the iso as a single file, or a list of directories and files. The iso files need to be burned as image. If you just see a single iso file, from Nero, go to file-->burn image. Choose the location of the iso and burn them at 4X speed.
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Posted 11 November 2004 - 12:15 AM
A tutorial on how to install RedHat is available on the RedHat site here.
Before you proceed, perhaps you can answer some of the questions that were asked about your system and the iso that you burned. This will assure that this version is right for you and the hardware that you have, as well as the cdrom disks being burned correctly.
ReHat 9 is fine, but an older version. Is there a reason why you chose RedHat 9 and not Fedora, which supports newer hardware?
So, what hardware are you running? Or, what model/make of computer do you have?
Did you get the iso images burned OK, as mentioned above?
The installer runs on boot and the system's bios needs to be set to boot from cdrom first to get the installer going, just like Windows XP.
How large of a hard drive do you have, so that space can be made on it to install a Linux distro? RedHat will need some hard drive space to install to. Again the link that I gave will some some basic information on this.
Answers to the questions posed will help us guide you to a more easily accomplished install.
Before you proceed, perhaps you can answer some of the questions that were asked about your system and the iso that you burned. This will assure that this version is right for you and the hardware that you have, as well as the cdrom disks being burned correctly.
ReHat 9 is fine, but an older version. Is there a reason why you chose RedHat 9 and not Fedora, which supports newer hardware?
So, what hardware are you running? Or, what model/make of computer do you have?
Did you get the iso images burned OK, as mentioned above?
The installer runs on boot and the system's bios needs to be set to boot from cdrom first to get the installer going, just like Windows XP.
How large of a hard drive do you have, so that space can be made on it to install a Linux distro? RedHat will need some hard drive space to install to. Again the link that I gave will some some basic information on this.
Answers to the questions posed will help us guide you to a more easily accomplished install.
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Posted 11 November 2004 - 01:21 PM
After re-reading your posts, we really need to know what exactly you have done. What are iso iso file names that you downloaded?
You should have three;
shrike-i386-disc1.iso
shrike-i386-disc2.iso
shrike-i386-disc3.iso
Are these the exact names that you have downloaded and burned?
If not, what are the names of the iso files? If they are;
shrike-SRPMS-disc1.iso
shrike-SRPMS-disc2.iso
shrike-SRPMS-disc3.iso
You got the wrong ones.
If you got the right ones and burned them as images on a cdr disks at a slow speed in Nero (like 4X 0r 8X), have the bios set to boot from cd first, what happens when you try to boot the system from the 1st install cd?
You have limited hard drive space, so will you be keeping Windows XP on the system and installing RedHat as a second OS, or just have RedHat on this system?
Just a note, if XP is on this system, make sure that you defrag your XP partition befoe attempting an install. RedHat will use any existing free space on the XP partition to set up a parttition to install.
If you dn't have XP on this system and will dedicate the full hard drive to the install, you don't have to worry about this, of course.
You should have three;
shrike-i386-disc1.iso
shrike-i386-disc2.iso
shrike-i386-disc3.iso
Are these the exact names that you have downloaded and burned?
If not, what are the names of the iso files? If they are;
shrike-SRPMS-disc1.iso
shrike-SRPMS-disc2.iso
shrike-SRPMS-disc3.iso
You got the wrong ones.
If you got the right ones and burned them as images on a cdr disks at a slow speed in Nero (like 4X 0r 8X), have the bios set to boot from cd first, what happens when you try to boot the system from the 1st install cd?
You have limited hard drive space, so will you be keeping Windows XP on the system and installing RedHat as a second OS, or just have RedHat on this system?
Just a note, if XP is on this system, make sure that you defrag your XP partition befoe attempting an install. RedHat will use any existing free space on the XP partition to set up a parttition to install.
If you dn't have XP on this system and will dedicate the full hard drive to the install, you don't have to worry about this, of course.
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Posted 11 November 2004 - 08:01 PM
are you sure windows is gone? did you completely remove it? It may just not be bootable from lilo. Anyway see my post here. If you fdisk the mbr you should be able to boot windows again then clean up the linux partition and reclaim that space.
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/thread29554-1.html
if you did blow away windows first try to just reinstall windows form the CD. However you may need to boot a linux disk and run fdisk to to reformat teh ext3 partitions as NTFS. I can step you through the process if you need help. good luck.
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/thread29554-1.html
if you did blow away windows first try to just reinstall windows form the CD. However you may need to boot a linux disk and run fdisk to to reformat teh ext3 partitions as NTFS. I can step you through the process if you need help. good luck.
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Posted 11 November 2004 - 10:02 PM
Originally posted by rac:
read my post again. I explain how to remove redhat it's short and sweet but it's there. or you can try this...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;247804
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i can't install winxp because i don't have enough space that's why i want to remove redhat
read my post again. I explain how to remove redhat it's short and sweet but it's there. or you can try this...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;247804
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Posted 12 November 2004 - 10:52 PM
Originally posted by rac:
ahh. you have an upgrade disk. I'd check that MS site I'd imagine the process is pretty much the same.
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hi, is there any other tutorials for win98? i have win xp but i always install win98 before xp
ahh. you have an upgrade disk. I'd check that MS site I'd imagine the process is pretty much the same.
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Posted 13 November 2004 - 08:25 AM
Redhat 9 is no longer supported I would suggest that you use FC2 or the latest ( just a few weeks ) FC3.
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Posted 13 November 2004 - 03:06 PM
is this a good idea if i use killdisk(http://www.killdisk.com/) to erase all files on my comp?
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Posted 13 November 2004 - 03:51 PM
Originally posted by rac:
this is a lowlevel format utility. I usually only use these when I'm trashing a drive becasue I'm paranoid and I've seen people pull data off of "formated" disk drives" once you do this you will still need to prepare the drive using format and fdisk form your win9x floppy.
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is this a good idea if i use killdisk(http://www.killdisk.com/) to erase all files on my comp?
this is a lowlevel format utility. I usually only use these when I'm trashing a drive becasue I'm paranoid and I've seen people pull data off of "formated" disk drives" once you do this you will still need to prepare the drive using format and fdisk form your win9x floppy.
