Red Hat 7.0

european · 04-11-2006, 09:58 PM

yes i know its old but i don't care, heres the story.
i installed 7.0
computer rebooted, then all it says is.... L
created a boot disk, everything is there but linux does not load up.
what could be the problem?

i installed this on my other computer. p3 733mhz, 768 sd ram, 20gb drive. just incase if you must know.

ahajv4life · 04-12-2006, 04:13 AM

lack or ram/speed?

european · 04-12-2006, 07:38 AM

haha, you only need 16mb of ram to run red hat 2.0 and 7.0 is not very different.
i don't know what it was but i reinstalled the OS and now it works. whatever it was. maybe the boot loader or something i'm not 100% sure, maybe i forgot to select the graphical user log in. but thats weird cause i wasn't able to type when i all i was able to see was the letter L
well, its fixed so thanks for the help if anyone tried to google something.

cheers

Veurruckte · 04-12-2006, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahajv4life

lack or ram/speed?

Proof that we take our advancing technologies for granted. A P3 isn't "lacking", it's just not suitable for today's gaming.

Anyways, there's nothing wrong with starting on something like redhat 7. It beats the hell out of not having anything at all

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m0nk3ys1ms · 04-13-2006, 01:17 AM

ya with what you have, you should have no problem running red hat

duane534 · 04-15-2006, 11:17 AM

May I recommend a version of Linux post-Google? LOL

I <3 Fedora Core 5.

b3stbuddy · 04-24-2006, 06:26 PM

Sounds like a problem with the bootloader (lilo), the L you saw actually has meaning, I remember reading something about the issue but don't remember the details. You could try to re-install your boot loader, by booting from the cd and entering rescue mode. I'm almost 100 percent positive that the bootloader is the issue, I would focus on looking into that. The directory for the boot image may be wrong. I think you can run "man lilo after you boot from the cd to get the details.

04-11-2006, 09:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
european New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 20	Red Hat 7.0 yes i know its old but i don't care, heres the story. i installed 7.0 computer rebooted, then all it says is.... L created a boot disk, everything is there but linux does not load up. what could be the problem? i installed this on my other computer. p3 733mhz, 768 sd ram, 20gb drive. just incase if you must know. __________________ P4 3.0GHZ SB Audigy 2 80GB (7200RPM) ASRock 775Dual-880Pro 2.0GB DDR2 RAM(PC2-5300) BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB PCI-E

04-12-2006, 07:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
european New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 20	haha, you only need 16mb of ram to run red hat 2.0 and 7.0 is not very different. i don't know what it was but i reinstalled the OS and now it works. whatever it was. maybe the boot loader or something i'm not 100% sure, maybe i forgot to select the graphical user log in. but thats weird cause i wasn't able to type when i all i was able to see was the letter L well, its fixed so thanks for the help if anyone tried to google something. cheers __________________ P4 3.0GHZ SB Audigy 2 80GB (7200RPM) ASRock 775Dual-880Pro 2.0GB DDR2 RAM(PC2-5300) BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB PCI-E

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04-12-2006, 04:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
ahajv4life Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Minnesota Age: 24 Posts: 729	lack or ram/speed?

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m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,369	ya with what you have, you should have no problem running red hat

04-15-2006, 11:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
duane534 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 123	May I recommend a version of Linux post-Google? LOL I <3 Fedora Core 5.

04-24-2006, 06:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
b3stbuddy New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7	Sounds like a problem with the bootloader (lilo), the L you saw actually has meaning, I remember reading something about the issue but don't remember the details. You could try to re-install your boot loader, by booting from the cd and entering rescue mode. I'm almost 100 percent positive that the bootloader is the issue, I would focus on looking into that. The directory for the boot image may be wrong. I think you can run "man lilo after you boot from the cd to get the details.