Re: RH 6.2 install causes screen to explode

["A.Sajjad Zaidi" <sajjad@example.com>]

Peter Evans wrote:

> The second time around, I took the option of installing RH in expert
> mode. Perhaps there were one or two more questions, but anyway I wasn't
> asked anything about video (or any other aspect of hardware, for that
> matter) and again the screen turned white.

Try 'expert text' to start the install in text mode. Choose to install whatever
you need, including X and boot into text mode after the install. You can then
configure X with 'Xconfigurator'.

> After I press Ctrl-Alt-Del the screen briefly goes back into text mode
> and I see something about "Trident", "SVGA", etc., etc., but the damn
> thing reboots before I have time to write anything down.
>
> What should I do?  (Be patient and let the installation do its thing
> with my screen? Just go back to Win98 and Microsoft "Bob"? Get an iMac?
> Suicide?)

No dont get Suicide. Then again, its better than the other options. If youre
really depressed, wait for Win XP. :)

> If you think I have adequate brainpower to proceed in my attempted
> escape from M$, suggestions on how to partition my paltry 1.4GB of
> single and unreplaceable hard drive would be welcome too. (How big a
> swap disk, etc.)

Depends on how much RAM you have and how much youll use after installation. I
have one server with 1GB of swap and a lappy with just 8MB (+8MB physical RAM).
About 100MB should be more than enough for swap. For starters, just use the rest
of the disk for '/'.


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