[TriLUG] help with install

[ScottThomas]

Hello all,
well now that I'm back after traveling I'm trying to tackle this install
problem again...

my compaq presario 2286 boots to windows XP ok; and I use a boot floppy to
try to boot RH9, but it hangs in the process, -the last message displayed is
"apm: BIOS version 1.2 flags 0x03";  one more thing, I have a voodoo 3fx
card installed; I suspect this might be a X window or video driver problem.
is there a way to verify this? (and fix it?)

-Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Carnes" <jonc at nc.rr.com>
To: <sthomas at myfamily.org>; "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list"
<trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] help with install


> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:37, Scott Thomas wrote:
>
> > I’m trying to install RH 9.0 on a Compaq Presario (with Cyrix MII
> > processor).  Since my kids also use this machine to play educational
> > games, I’ve added a 2nd disk to install RH on, and will keep WindowsXP
> > on the 1st drive.   The installation went smoothly.  However, after I
> > rebooted, the machine just hangs.  It reads the boot floppy, and
> > starts to load the kernel, but after about a screen full of messages,
> > it just stops.  When I tried to boot Windows, GRUB starts, but then it
> > too just hangs.  All I get is a black screen with “GRUB” at the top
> >
> >
> >
> > so can any of the more seasoned RH gurus out there please give me a
> > hint what’s going wrong?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Scott Thomas
>
> What's the exact model number of the Compaq Presario?  I've read of
> folks having a *lot* of problems trying to get Linux on these boxen.
>
> Grub allows you to edit and look at each of the boot commands for each
> choice.  If you could post those, it would help us help you.
>
> In a worse case scenario you should be able to get the XP install
> booting again by booting with a Windows Disk and then re-writing the
> Master Boot Record
>   fdisk -mbr
>
> (you might have to blank the mbr first - there are some nice write-ups
> of this on the net).
>
> When done with that make sure the Partition with the Windows install is
> still marked as active.
>
> Good Luck - Jon Carnes
>
>