Installation problem, rh8, dual boot with wxp pro, seperate hd

[snodog]

I am trying to set up a dual boot system on seperate 40g hd's. Windows xppro is installed and has been working, but when I attempt to install RH8, I get a blank screen before the install actually begins. I did notice that the last thing it says before it goes blank, apparently its doing a hardware check and it says something like "monitor: unable to probe monitor type" something like that. Media test on the disks checks out okay System is:
dual 40g hd's
AMD athlon xp 1.4g
nVidia nForce 420D chipset w/
nVidia GeForce MX GPU
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[x]

Try a text-mode install.
If RedHat has a problem with monitor or video card you should be able to install in text-mode.
Video can be set up later, you might need special drivers.

[snodog]

Hi, thanks for the help. Okay, after several attempts, I did get it installed text style. I could use a hand setting up the video side manually, as it locks up in a blank screen when I try startx. I remember reading on one of these earlier about mem=nopentium, but I'm so brain dead at this point I don't remember what I did the search on to get that thread...
TIA
Snodog

[mdwatts]

Grub or Lilo?

For Grub, edit either (depending on the distro) /boot/grub/menu.lst or grub.conf (could be in /etc).

Add nopentium to the kernel line.

i.e.

kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-64GB-SMP vga=normal quiet noapic nopentium root=/dev/d0p5

For Lilo... Edit /etc/lilo.conf and add as

image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Linux
read-only
append="mem=nopentium"

and then run /sbin/lilo to write the changes.

You need to be root to do all the above.

For the nVidia GeForce MX GPU, have a look at the nvidia driver readme at www.nvidia.com to see how well the GeForce is supported (on the motherboard.. correct?).

You may need to download and install the nvidia drivers.

[snodog]

Using grub currently, tho it only works at this point if I have in the boot disk. I get the infamous "error 28:" when it tries to boot from the harddrive. I have downloaded the NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0241.rh73up.athlon.rpm
and have it on a floppy. Would this be the driver file you referred to? I'll try to find again how to install it.

[snodog]

Actually, I double checked, and it looks like I had dled the wrong file. When it shows the type of display driver, does the I in linux IA32 and linux IA64 refer to an Intel cpu? I'm running a 1.4g Athlon so I downloaded the AMD64 version. Does that sound right? Anyway, I'm going to give it a shot and I'll let you know what happens.
Snodog

[mdwatts]

You want the IA32 version.

[snodog]

Hi, thanks for the help. Okay, after several attempts, I did get it installed text style. I am using grub, and if I let it go into RH by itself, I get the Error 28: problem. So that I am not tackling too many problems at once, I can boot into text mode with the boot floppy. I could use a hand setting up the video side manually, as it locks up in a blank screen when I try startx. I remember reading on one of these earlier about mem=nopentium, and adding that to the "kernel" line under /boot/grub/menu.lst. How do I edit this file in text mode?
TIA
Snodog