Re: OT: Redhat linux install issues

  • From: ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: MARK BRINSMEAD <mark.brinsmead@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:44:24 +0000

fedora worked without issue. I was able to get the install to go forward by 
doing 

linux nofb

then it could not detect my hard drive. Fedora is good enough for what I want. 

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: MARK BRINSMEAD <mark.brinsmead@xxxxxxx> 

> Hmmmm... 
> 
> Yes, the text-based installer may get you farther, 
> but as I recall, the GUI-based installer is using 
> X-windows. If it really fails badly on your 
> hardware, you may find that the full X-windows is 
> not so hot either. (Or not.) 
> 
> Have you thought about VMware? I've had great 
> success with it myself. VMware Workstation costs 
> less than $200. Alternatively, VMware player is 
> free, although you'd have to find somebody to create 
> a "seed" virtual machine for you. (VMware player 
> cannot "create" virtual machines.) 
> 
> Anyway, I've been running Oracle-on-linux-on-VMware 
> on my laptop for some time now, and couldn't be 
> happier with it. (Not that I'd do this for a 
> *production* database, though.) This can be 
> especially handy for laptops, where "exotic" 
> hardware can otherwise really through Linux a 
> curve-ball. (VMware provides "virtual" hardware 
> that Linux is usually able to deal with easily.) 
> 
> Anyway, just a thought... 
> 
> Cheers, 
> -- Mark. 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> Date: Monday, December 19, 2005 8:33 am 
> Subject: OT: Redhat linux install issues 
> 
> > This is sort of Oracle related. I want to play with oracle on 
> > redhat. I have a DELL Pentium M laptop. I have Windows XP and I 
> > have a 10 GB partition (I used partition commander) where I want 
> > to install redhat linux. 
> > 
> > During the install my screen flashes constantly to the point where 
> > I really can't read anything. I looked around the web and found 
> > this the link below, but it is more related to x-windows. This is 
> > during the install. 
> > 
> > 
> http://groups.google.com/group/linux.redhat.install/browse_thread/thread/44dd71f
>  
> e437feb/9133750f3b7322a3?lnk=st&q=redhat+linux+screen+flashing&rnum=4&hl=en#9133
>  
> 750f3b7322a3 
> 

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