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Thanks dan, once again to my rescue.. Well, to your question, I only have the ISOs to Fedora Core 4, thus I installed it, without knowing php5 does not has built-in support for mySql. Also, even after manually installing mysql on FC4,and running http-devel for updates, then when I ran a phpinfo check on apache, it still shows compiling details with no mysql. I found an article:http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_fedora_core_4_p4 that helps to recompile php, but I guess I do not have the right compile tools, cos when I did it,my error lines indicates something that I need flex and bison. I wonder how can I get those stuff? I'm currently running apache2,php5.1.2 and mysql If this doesn't get solved, i'd prob switch to FC5. Regards *Correction, the url should be http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/411

Anybody can advise me on how to get a successful Mysql,PHP and apache webserver up and running on my Fedora Core 4? By default, FC4 does not run mysql, and although I have installed the respective packages, I still cannot get mysql to run with php. Is there a need to configure and make install for php to run mysql? I've just recovered from a faulty Ubuntu system and now facing yet another hurdle with FC4. Thanks for any help in advance!

Thanks Dan! I have yet to try out FixMBR, just back from work. I have not given up on Linux yet, so my next distro will be Fedora Core. My problems started when I wanted apache2 webserver on my Ubuntu, which corrupted my GDM. That is why I have to install FC 4 for my old harddisk. I hope I can eventually run PHP, MySQL and apache on my Linux. Thanks for the wonderful and helpful folks here, esp Dan.

Hi Dan, Sorry about the reply to this thread, and thanks for your reply. Ok, I don't know if having the Win XP installation disc might help? I managed to find mine after hours of searching. Barmaley mentioned about using FixMBR and Fix Boot on the windows CD to get rid of the grub loader. However, I just wanna know if this is safe? Will I lose my Win XP this way? I don't wish to marry my Win XP with FC4, cos I have an older pc without a harddisk now. My Windows PC is running AMD SEMPRON 2500. 512mb RAM. 80GB Win XP Regards :x

Originally posted by Tazman10: Quote: I was curious and wanted to learn to use Fedora Core 4 and now I'm not so sure. I have had problems from the beginning. I have my home built computer. AMD Duron 2400+ 1.6 GHz, 1GB RAM, 100 GB Western Digital Hard drive(Hda) and a 60GB WD Hard drive(Hdb). I have downloaded FC4 and it downloaded and installed with no problems. I downloaded with the FC4 to boot up first. I then edited (hda) to Windows and then selected automatic partiioning. I also left everthing else to either automatic or default. When my computer rebooted it came back up with a black screen with GNU GRUB version 0.95 (639K lower/1014720 upper memory) Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported and so on. Then grub> and blinking cursor. and nothing else. I have not been able to get anywhere. I tried cat /boot/grub/grub.conf and comes back ERROR 15: File Not Found. I have tried other vaious commands to try and see my partitions and unable to any kind of response. I can't get to my Windows or the FC4 that I just downloaded. Before this I had a GRUB 1.5 Booting... and nothing came up. Do I need to reinstall again or can someone help me. If nothing else at least get my Window (hda)back. I would perfer to have both, though. I knew I was a newbie but didn't expect this much trouble. Hi, I am also a newbie. My system crashed with GDM errors on my Ubuntu when I installed apache2 webserver. So I decided to try Fedora Core 4. But when I slaved my 2nd harddisk to my Win XP PC, (for installing of FC4) my win xp cannot be started when I removed the 2nd harddisk with FC4. It says "Grub Error". So now I need my FC4 in order to boot from my Win XP. How can I remove the 2nd harddisk and let Win XP boot independently? Is there a way to restore my MBR on my Win XP so as not to load Grub? I do not have Win XP installation disc. Thanks in advance for anybody with the steps and procedures. Regards