Linux installation question

[gore]

yea, that command has totally saved my ass before, also, since you have no manuals, theres a good basica install help thing at http://www.linux.org

its like an online learn Linux thingy, just ready that and it walks you threw a basic install for newbies.

[Shadowmeld]

ATM I'm duel booting with 2kPro and used lilo for boot. Its really easy, at least with RH, just follow the setup prompts and it will guide you through the whole thing. I've also used MBR, easy to setup if you follow the prompts, but I would recommend lilo over MBR anyday. On my next box I think I'm going to try grub....kinda curious to see if there is much of a difference :P

[redhy]

Hello brothers,
If U enable lba32 in the bios and change the line
linear
in /etc/lilo.conf to
lba32
there will be no pblm of 1024 cylinder.

To TheMechanic:
If by some means u loose ur lilo, follow these steps:
1. Boot with Redhat Cd no.1
2. Type
linux rescue <enter>
3. Follow the instructions (u will have to press enter key twice)
4. After this Redhat searches for redhat installation on the disk and mounts it into /mnt/sysimage
5. u'll get a shell prompt #
6. type
#chroot /mnt/sysimage
7.U r ROOT here
edit ur /etc/lilo.conf
8. run lilo
#lilo -v
9. reboot
(now it should work)

[redhy]

Hello Brothers,
I thought i shoud add something to my previous post.

Suppose u don't have a Redhat Installation CD I (Which automatically detects your Redhat Installation and mounts it under /mnt/sysimage) :
But u do have the installation CD of any other popular distribution ( or a rescue CD ),then these are the steps to follow :

1. Here I'll assume that u got the rescue shell prompt
#
2. type
#fdisk -l
or
#fdisk /dev/hda then p (to get the partition list)
3. Note down the number of all your linux partition (eg. /dev/hda5)
4. create a directory and mount your / partition (if u know) into this directory.Otherwise do trial and error.If the partition was / partition, the directory will contail etc,bin,sbin,boot etc.
#mkdir test
#mount /dev/hda6 test
#cd test
#ls
if it shows directories etc,boot,bin,sbin, etc then ok.Else try mounting other linux partitions.
Once that is done.
#cd ..
#chroot test
5. But that is not all.If u had a separate /boot partition u should mount that into boot directory.B'coz it is in this directory that your linux kernel resides (eg. vmlinuz )
6. Now make changes to /etc/lilo.conf (if necessory) and run lilo
#lilo -v
#reboot



To install GrUB type
#grub-install /dev/hda



Uninstall lilo
#lilo -u



Uninstall GrUB

There is no provision of uninstalling GrUB in linux (as far as I know). But if ur machine has Win98,type
c:\>fdisk /mbr
But if u have Win2000 or XP
1. Boot with installation CD
2. Enter into recovery console by pressing R when asked
3. there are some more steps before u get the prompt.But i will assume here that u got the prompt
4. Type
fixmbr
5. Reboot