Bad stuff... Cant even get to the install!

[culturerevolt]

ok... ill cut right to the chase... i put the red hat 7.3 cd in... it boots... yay!! got this far... ok... i try to hit enter and go on and install red hat... but... it loads the images and all that, but after that... it has a blank screen... nothing is going on... just a blank screen... i have the same problem with my 7.2... but on 7.2... when i try expert mode, i get a bunch of scrolling numbers and stuff, going way to fast to see anything... but it is not how it should look... ive been fighting for over 18 hours... i need help!!! any ideas?

[evil_roy]

That is definately not normal.

More info is needed .. what hardware are you trying to install on ... CPU/RAM/Video card chipset etc ?

Does this hardware function correctly with other operating systems ?

Have you got the right install CD's .. (ie) if you have an intel PC are they for it ? You can dload/get hold of distros for different hardware as well.

Where did you get the cd's ?

Post some more info and you will get help here.

[danrees]

Have you tried the -nofb mode (more info on the welcome screen)? This helped me solve a problem with a really old video card.

[culturerevolt]

Originally posted by evil_roy
That is definately not normal.

More info is needed .. what hardware are you trying to install on ... CPU/RAM/Video card chipset etc ?

i have an AMD Athlon Thunderbird with a Via Chipset... 512MB pc133 RAM... with an AGP Geforce 2 MX 32MB... i downloaded the cds from the red hat mirrors... and i dont quite know what system its for... that could be it... but im not quite sure... my 7.2 cds worked on my old system... and i just got 7.3...

culturerevolt...

[DanceMan]

The distro version you want for Red Hat is i386. For Mandrake it's i586. I had a downloaded copy of Mandrake 8.0 that wouldn't install. I have never checked the "mid5sums". Maybe there were errors on my download.

[culturerevolt]

I had i386... thats what i have, and it still wont work... its really starting to vex me...

[DanceMan]

If you have a downloaded copy of the distro, you might want to check the integrity of the copy against the "mid 5 sums". I'm sure you've set the bios to enable booting from the cdrom first.
A few months ago my solution when Man 8.0 wouldn't install was to switch to a copy of RedHat 7.2.
I got Mandrake 8.2 installed easily, until it rebooted and I got stuck in command line with error msgs every time I tried "startx". I'm going to just do a reinstall with more info on my monitor and video card.

[culturerevolt]

The cd is fine... and after downloading Mandrake 8.2 and trying to install it... it does the exact same thing after pressing enter... damnit...

[evil_roy]

Try using the cd's you created on another system ...may save you some headache if the cd's turn out to be duds.

[culturerevolt]

i put them in my other boxes and the cd works fine... all of them... so... nothing :( all of my ideas are running out, but i refuse to give up, because linux is the best OS... ever... and i want it!!!!! :(

[carroll6]

Mandrake 8.2 with a AMD K-6... Sis Chipset with built in Sis Video..same problemo! It goes through all the checks.. Login..then... BLANK-O screen! I dont think it's hardware..because you wouldnt be able to see the installation graphics and stuff.. but it's got me stumped.. I've reinstalled it over and over. It's on my "D" drive (a secondary hard drive 27Gig).....what gives? :-( David

[evil_roy]

try linking this post to General Linux Questions.

More people seem to peruse the linuxnewbie forums. These linuxplanet forums appear useful , but if no-one is reading them....... post the link , I am sure you will get a better response.