RH 7.3 Install Reset

[ozfactor]

I am installing 7.3 via bootable cds however when I come to the boot prompt on what method I want to use to start the installation entering anything such as ENTER or TEXT or no probe causes my computer to reset and the installation doesnt proceed. The computer resets and the process starts over again. What could be the issue?

[blizz]

Hi,

What happens if you type lowres at boot: prompt.

[ozfactor]

Even when typing low res the system reboots! Help Help!

[DMR]

Please post your full system specs; it's kind of difficult for us to figure out what the problem is when we know nothing about the computer on which you are trying install.

[ozfactor]

Intel P3 500MHZ
392 Ram
15GigHard Drive
DVD Drive
Acer 8x4x32 CD-RW Drive

What else you need?

[DMR]

A few ideas:

1. Where did you get the CDs? You might have a bad install disk.

2. Turn off Plug-N-Play OS support and power management in your BIOS.

3. How is the hard drive partitioned, and where does it live on your IDE chain (primary master, primary slave, etc.)? Is any other OS installed on the system?

4. What kind of video, network, etc. hardware is in the system?

[ozfactor]

Cds are good. I will try to turn off plug and play OS support. There actually is a 6.4 gig on the master channel and then a spare 15 gig which I am tossing on linux on the slave.

I have a ATI rage fury pro card with a generic lan card. Not sure of the model on this one but I know its something generic low end. That should be it as far as extra components. I do have two soundcards in there though, a SoundBlaster Live card and and a Yamaha card. Sound doesnt appear to be the issue though as when it gets to "loading...." the box resets.

Wierd.

[rid3r]

weird, it detects the CD, then you see boot:, after that it just resets? RedHat 7.3 was the only one that I did not have much trouble with (installed it on 3 computers). Take a look to the BIOS, if there is such a option reset the BIOS to defaults (ussualy it's under Exit->Reset to Defaults), disable PnP (plug and play OS). Find out what kind of memory do you have (SDRAM/DDR/RDRAM) it evidently does not load the kernel into memory. Search http://google.com/linux using the hardware specs that you have. That's what I would do.
Just to bump it up a litle.

[rid3r]

if there are two hard drives I would check also the jumpers (master-slave), never had two soundcards on a single computer (IRQ conflicts?).

[ozfactor]

rid3r,
Thanks for the tips. I will check the BIOS first but ya right when it gets to BOOT it waits for an option from me which allows me to type TEXT or just simply hit enter but immediatly after that it resets everytime. I have SDRAM PC100. I don't think it is a sound card issue as there is no sound to conflict just yet and my master and slave jumpers are set correctly. The drive works fine under w2k.