[Its possible that your CDROM is having trouble reading the disc.]
This lead me to find the problem in that it was VMware 4.0 build 4006 that was the culprit. That machine was running W2K with WMware installed so I could load Linux on top of W2K. I rebooted the machine with the Linux CDs...
Thanks sbrews, it worked as follows:
Modified /etc/lilo.conf and put:
vga=775
Then ran lilo and then rebooted.
The screen came up as hoped.
Now, is there a way to change the resolution at runtime so that I don't have to reboot the computer?
-Rod
[I've completed installations even after the media check on a disc fails. It can't hurt to try to install it anyway.]
Actually, I very much disagree with the above statement. I don't want to waste my time tracking down a bad library file or configuration file because I installed from a bad...
I am running a server in text mode - no X-Windows or graphics.
In my LILO configuration, I have a line:
vga=extended
to put the console into 80x50 mode instead of 80x25.
While the kernel is booting, the video mode indeed is in 80x50 mode; but, when it starts the various services, it gets...
[Have you tried re-downloading the ISO image?]
No because the md5sum of the file matches the md5sum in the MD5SUMS file. This is supposed to indicate that the contents of the ISO file that I downloaded match that published by the author who generated the original md5sum. Downloading it again...
I am getting a verification failure for disc2 of RH9 setup.
I downloaded the ISO files for the three setup discs and verified them with md5sum, comparing to the values in the MD5SUMS in the area with the ISO files. I then burned them to CDROM. During the first part of installation it asks if...
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