Red Hat 7.2 install question
Matt Alexander
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 23:05:15 -0700 (PDT)
I'm assuming that your video card and/or monitor were not configured
properly during install. From runlevel 3, type:
Xconfigurator
Hopefully everything will be autodetected. What video card and monitor
are you using, by the way?
~M
On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Peter Koch wrote:
> Greetings --
> I am trying to set up a duel boot system with Red Hat 7.2 and Windows XP. All of the components in my system are fairly new (less than 6 months old). I have formatted half of the 80GB drive and installed Win XP using the NTFS file system. I have installed Red Hat 7.2 on the other half of the drive. Here are some of the installation particulars:
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> 1. GRUB was selected as the boot loader.
> 2. Boot loader record was installed on the first sector on the boot partition.
> 3. Both GNOME and KDE were installed.
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> So far I have two problems that I was hoping someone might be able to help me with. First, I do not receive a menu asking me which OS I would like to start? I selected Win XP as the default and the system will boot to that, but if I want to start Linux I have to use the boot floppy. Second problem, when I do start Linux it is in the text mode. I have tried the startx command and also change the file /etc/inittab to read id:5:initdefault: to change to graphical mode but I have had no luck.
> I have done a very limited amount of programming in the past and I have no Linux experience. Does anyone have some input on this situation? I would really appreciate the help.
> Thank You
> Peter Koch
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