[lug] Redhat install lock up problems...

[Hugh Brown]

You can rule out X by doing a text based install (instructions are on
the main screen when you boot from disk).

Hugh

"Harris, James" wrote:
> 
> Howdy all -
> (First of all -- sorry about that dud message I just sent... Got a little
> happy with the ctrl keys...)
> 
> I'm helping a coworker install RH 7.0 from scratch on his system and we're
> running into problems.  We get through laying out his disk partitions with
> Disk Druid and select all of the packages that he wants.  It then says that
> it's checking dependencies on all packages and then completely locks the
> system up before ever moving on.
> 
> I tried to flip to the other consoles to see if there was anything logged,
> but the system is completely unresponsive.  We've used this CD on another
> box on a similar install and had no problems, so I don't think it's a media
> problem.  I haven't tried using another cdrom drive, since I figured I would
> try y'all first.  He was running RH 6.2 at one time on this box w/o
> problems, so I'm leaning against X windows problems... but who knows...
> 
> Has anyone seen this that could lend some insight?  I'm predominantly a
> Slack kind of guy, so I'm not overly familiar with the RH install and can't
> remember which part of the setup comes next.
> 
> Jim Harris
> Network Operating Systems Group
> Phone:  303.702.3853 | Fax:  303.678.2182
> EDS @ Maxtor Corporation
> 
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