Installation problem

schicken · 07-03-2006, 02:53 PM

I have Red Hat Linux 8 "Publisher's Edition" that came with Linux for Dummies and the same thing from Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux 8 in 24 Hours.

I made a boot diskette because my computer won't boot from the CD. I get to the installer, but when I choose to either use the text installer or the graphical installer, it says
"Loading vmlinuz.........
Loading initrd.img...
Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue."

reddazz · 07-03-2006, 03:21 PM

Redhat 8 is very old. If you are trying to install it on new hardware, the installation may fail because some of your hardware maybe unsupported. Try using a newer Linux distro e.g. Fedora Core 5, which is one of the replacements for the old Redhat Linux.

schicken · 07-03-2006, 03:56 PM

My computer was made in 1998.

reddazz · 07-03-2006, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by schicken

My computer was made in 1998.

It should probably work fine. Maybe if you post your hardware specs someone may help you.

sudha_karg · 07-18-2006, 02:30 AM

Dear Guy,

Pls check with Cd drive and CD.May be the problem in these.

Sudhakar.G

schicken · 07-18-2006, 11:20 PM

Yeah, it does the same thing with the boot disk in but not the CD, so I think something's wrong with the cd-rom drive. The CD worked in another computer though, so it's not the CD.