If you booted using PCMCIA boot disks and want to install via FTP
(or NFS or HTTP), but do not see these installation options, you may
have a problem with your network card.
If the network card is not initialized during the boot process,
the Red Hat Linux installation program will not enable you to configure your
system for networking, either during or after the installation itself.
Check the hardware compatibility list at
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/ |
to see if your network card is compatible and/or supported. If your
card is not listed, it may not be compatible with Red Hat Linux.
If the Mouse Not Detected screen appears, then the installation
program was not able to identify your mouse correctly.
You can choose to continue with the GUI installation or use the
text mode installation, which does not require using a mouse. If you
choose to continue with the GUI installation, you will need to provide
the installation program with your mouse configuration information
(see the Section called Mouse Configuration in Chapter 3).
For an overview of text mode installation instructions, please
refer to the Section called Starting the Installation Program in Chapter 3.
The Red Hat Linux installation program uses frame buffers by
default. However, there are some video cards that will not work with this
setting. The end result will be a problem booting into the graphical
installation program.
The installation program will first try to run in frame buffer
mode. If that fails, it will try to run in a lower resolution mode. If
that still fails, the installation program will run in text mode.
Users who have video cards that will not run at 800 x 600 resolution
should type lowres at the boot:
prompt to run the installation program in 640 x 480 resolution.
If this still does not work, you can run the installation program
without frame buffers by typing nofb at the
boot: prompt.
