problem while installing linux

**pansarevaibhav** · 02-14-2006, 08:08 PM

hi,
when i tried to install red hat linux 9 on my pc it gives me problem as,
my hardware configuration is
via 845 motherboard , (His manufacturer)
cel 2.13 ghz cpu
512 Ram , color monitor
after booting when i press enter , it checks hardware probe my monitor well ditect mouse and after that it gets hang.
when i tried with linux text , it goes ahead of monitor probing but it gives error while hard disk partitioning .i even tried with auto and manual partitioning but it says you /boot partition can not be boot or any other such kind of error message.
pl tell me how to go
thanks and regards
pansarevaibhav

**Outlaw** · 02-14-2006, 08:26 PM

Is it an IDE hard drive? What other OS is on it now?

Can you please write down the exact error that you mentioned?

**pbharris** · 02-14-2006, 11:09 PM

hello,
that distro is really quite old (3 yrs). It may be helpful to get a newer version - like fedora core 4 or ubuntu... it sounds like it does not like the ide controller

**pansarevaibhav** · 02-16-2006, 07:27 PM

hi,
I didnt think it is problem with ide disk , bcause windows 2000 is working fine .
also it gets stuck after probing monitor , so there is not any problem with hard disk.
as far as error , there is no such written error like windows.
thks regds
pansarevaibhav

**trickster** · 02-16-2006, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by pansarevaibhav

hi,
I didnt think it is problem with ide disk , bcause windows 2000 is working fine .
also it gets stuck after probing monitor , so there is not any problem with hard disk.
as far as error , there is no such written error like windows.
thks regds
pansarevaibhav

I think PBHarris means that the software for the IDE controller included on Red Hat 9 is 5 years old by now; the issue you are experiencing might be a bug on it and it may have been fixed on newer versions.