I'm afraid you'd have to reinstall if the bootloader isn't working on the machine. That what emergency boot disks are for, but you said yours doesn't work.

So last resort time... reinstall Linux and select LILO instead of GRUB as the bootloader. Unless someone has a better idea on the forum.

Fedora only had GRUB as an option; I reinstalled once already and checked over the Bootloader configuration - GRUB was the only one. Perhaps it'd be better to use another distro?

Hmm, This maybe your only option at this point.

hmm, well today I installed Red Hat 9 and overwrote GRUB with LILO so it now boots in both. Would I be better off now installing Fedora (and not installing the bootloader with it) since RedHat has been discontinued for personal use?

This might ( or probably will ) break LILO. look up the /etc/lilo.conf file and add a boot sequence for the install of Fedora. Specifically find out what kernel options and which kernel version Fedora is going too install, and add that to the lilo.conf file. Then run /sbin/lilo as root this will set LILO up for you then install Fedora. Then download LILO for it. So you can keep LILO up to date for your system.

So I should not use Red Hat and go with Fedora? Also, I'm trying to setup internet in Red Hat and when I go to add a new ethernet connection it has a limited amount of ethernet cards. My ethernet is built into my mobo and I don't see an option for onboard networking...what should I do for that?

whats your motherboard? Do you have a manual? It will tell you what chip its using for Networking the default one to use is ne2k-pci Which covers a lot of the clone networking cards.

Fedora is the future for a Red Hat type system. If you wish to keep up to date then I would say yes, but it will be a lot of messing about to get it too work. I'd personally say stay with the Red Hat until your more comfortable with Linux and then try your hand at installing Fedora again. Maybe a future release will have the problem you had sorted out.

As far as I can see my manual doesn't say...it just says LAN. So I'll try what you said.

Usually you get a specification sheet with a matherboard, or you can check the motherboard makers site for specification details.

I did what you said, it said it wasn't installed. No ethernet options were prefixed with my mobo's maker, so I'm guessing it's impossible. I also installed an old D-Link card I had and it didn't recognize that either.

Here is my motherboard: http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/m...me=M7NCD%20Pro

We need specs, what chips their using etc. What is the computer, or what is the motherboard? Also check the D-Link card. Whats the name and number on the chip?

I'm not sure on the D-Link card's specs, I got rid of the box about a year ago. I just took it out of my other computer to see if it would work. All the Realtek ethernet cards on the list aren't the one that I have onboard so does that mean I'm unable to install one unless I get a new card?

ne2k-pci supports quite a few realteks. You did add the driver to the kernel as well? Not just download it?

No I didn't :\ I guess I may be used to plug and play from Windows but how do I add it?

For simply testing it try:
modprobe ne2k-pci
Making it permamnant tends to vary. So you'd have to look up Redhat's way of doing it. Try searching their site for Module Configuration.