I have a Compaq prosignia 300 (ESA system) I had to type the following at boot to install on it.
linux mem=exactmap [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] This may or may not help you. Also try look here for more Compaq+Linux help. http://www.cpqlinux.com/ -Me -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Goodwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Installing RH8 on proliant800 Try nousb, if that fails, nodma..... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nathalie Boulos > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Installing RH8 on proliant800 > > > Hello Sean, > > Well i've tried "linux text" and it did the same > result. I tried the option "lowres" too, same thing. > The installer tries to probe for the monitor first. > > How can i skip that probe? > > Regards > Nathalie > > --- Sean Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 02:34:21 -0700 (PDT) > > Nathalie Boulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I have a problem installing RH8 on a Compaq > > proliant > > > 800. > > > After I boot from CD, and whatever I put on the > > > "boot:" command, the system freezes after writing > > the > > > following: > > > > > > Running anaconda, the Red Hat Linux system > > installer - > > > please wait... > > > Probing for video card: Cirrus Logic GD543x > > > Probing for monitor type: Unable to probe > > > > > > I have changed 3 monitors, 3 different brands, > > same > > > result. > > > > > > is there any way not to probe for the monitor > > while > > > installing? How can i bypass this problem? > > > > > > > Hi Nathalie, > > > > One option is to use text mode for the install and > > work out > > your X windows issue afterward. After booting the > > install > > CD type "linux text" to use the text rather than > > graphical install. > > > > Good luck, > > Sean > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ************************************************************************* This document and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This communication may contain material protected by the attorney-client privilege or other privileges or protections from discovery, such as the physician-patient privilege, or a peer review privilege, such as California Evidence Code Section 1157. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering the document to the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this document in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please notify the sender immediately, and destroy all copies of the document. ************************************************************************* -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
