red hat 7.2 problems 1

[conjurer111]

Hi,

Please help me out. I just finished installing linux. i have installed linux in my linux ext partition and specified the mount point as /, linux swap was already there, carried on with all the instructions properly. Now there was an option to install to grub or lilo, so I selected grub and installed it on mbr, coz that's what the help said. Is it right? Everything worked on fine but now when I start linux in graphics mode, all I see is black and white vertical lines with that faded hat man behind and nothing else, something wrong with resoultion and colors. What to do now, and also now my windows won't start, is it somehting to do with that mbr thing. Please suggest how to fix this. Thanks and regards.

 

[ancientt]

I'm certainly no expert and I hope someone will offer better advice but try:

During the initial boot with the fuzzy lines hit your Down arrow one time. If it is like my own install you'll be selecting your DOS or Windows partition to boot.

You probably need to correct the settings used for the display during installation. (There ought to be a better way than this but I don't know it.) Make sure you preview the resolution and color selection you choose.

 

[fluid11]

Press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill the GUI. Log in as root (from the command line) and run Xconfigurator or XF86Config. This will allow you to get your video card and monitor working in the GUI.

You did the right thing by installing GRUB into the MBR. Why can't you boot to Windows? Does it not show it as an option when the GRUB menu comes up?


ChrisP

 

[fluid11]

Sorry, there is a typo above. The command is *NOT* XF86Config. Its really "xf86config". The xf86config file will run on all Linux distro's, while the Xconfigurator command is only on certain distro's (Red Hat in particular).


ChrisP

 

[conjurer111]

thanks a lot!