Oi need linux help :((

[Deadmanwalking]

Right let me start from the... start

I am a complete and utter linux noob. But due to a comp project i have to have it =/

Anyway... i have got redhat 8 Cds all 5 of em etc etc etc.

I set it to boot from CD and it does fine get to the select language/keyboard prompt and then when it asks where me linux files are i say Local CD and it then says no Linux CD detected? But i just booted the installation from it?

Any ideas?

The cd drive is a Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-2500 if that helps?

Anyway any help very much appreciated.

 

[Shocko]

You are booting from the first cd, aren't you?

 

[Deadmanwalking]

=/ course i am or i wouldnt get language selection =/

 

[FatBusinessman]

Are all the CDs from the same version of the distribution? I tried installing SuSE 8.1 with an 8.0 boot disk and it complained then...

 

[Deadmanwalking]

erm i cant even get past the first CD =/

but yes they are

 

[Will]

Chatted to DMW on IRC...its a weird fault.

 

[bids]

Have you tried booting from a Linux boot Floppy instead ?

Also, have you an old IDE CD drive you can try instead of the DVD - sounds like it isn't mounting the DVD drive correctly during bootup ?

 

[Will]

Nah, its gets past that stage, into setup, then loses the CD and asks for it again. Doesn't make much sense.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

:mgwhore2: Linux

 

[Mellow-]

Faulty CD drive.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

yes because i can use a fualty CD drive for 3 years and install windows on it NP yeah course

 

[danger]

Have you checksum'd ya disks.... made sure they not corrupted at all?

 

[Testin da Cable]

can you switch to a console and remount the cd? methinks it's summat to do with the dvd drive but I'm not current in linux, and especially not redhat atm.

 

[lecter]

PXE booting from teh network is the way forward

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Well its sorted now.... but!!

MY network card wont work (

Linksys LNE100TX has linux drivers but linux is having none of it

I can ping my computer downstairs on my lan but not my router or any internet site.

 

[Testin da Cable]

hmm sounds like your network settings are wrong if you can ping some, but not all. check your subnet, networks and gateway values.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

They are deffo right it has to be a driver problem..

I cant even ping my gateway which is what i connect to the comp i can ping by =/

So somethings not right

Its a linksys card so uses a tulip driver but the intructions on the redme dont work or from the site

HELP!

 

[Testin da Cable]

k. what exactly are you doing, what is the output from dmesg, are there any visible errors. driver...what driver? are you compiling it in or loading a module? more info pls!

 

[Will]

Its Redhat...should it not have happened auto-magically?

 

[Testin da Cable]

well yeah, but iirc it would then be a module and it's possible that special options have to be passed in with the loading...

 

[Will]

It sounds daft, but if you are building a linux system, pick your network card well. Realtek 8139 has always been good to me.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

I got me network card before turning the box into linux occured to me. Its a Linksys LNe100TX it has linux drivers on the installation disk and it says redhat should just pic it up but it didnt

Im fuckd if i have any idea about loading modules etc etc

BTW the driver is a tulip driver

 

[Testin da Cable]

some thoughts:

-go into your BIOS and set it to "non-PnP os"
-check when booting that your PCI device listing displays the card correctly. the product id should be something like 11AD c115 for LNE100TX models.
-type lsmod in a console as root...there should be something in the output like tulip.o and pci-netif.o

there is a mailinglist thread about it here. the guy in question got it working. perhps it helps.

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Ok well new system so new problems i am using the inbuilt Realtek LAN atm in windows and no probs whatsoever.

But once again linux is being a fucking bitch.
Dosent pick it up and as its inbuilt dosent have driver disks?

Help!

Windows picked it up np

 

[Shocko]

What exactly is the nic model? There are drivers for realtek cards in the kernel...
There's a driver for all cards using the RealTek RTN-8139, if that's you.

 

[Testin da Cable]

would be handy if you told us what you've tried too matey

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Realtek 8201BL onboard not any of the ones in the default list.
Its on a Shuttle FN41 nforce 2 motherboard.

Havent tried anything as i can see any way to make it work ... last time i had drivers to actually work with.

Any help appreciated

 

[Will]

Here you go

 

[Deadmanwalking]

/me kickshimself i was looking on the Realtek site for .. GAH!

Thx will ill try it out and tell u all what happens