D. Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Linux............................................................... 97

D.1. You are Unable to Boot Red Hat Linux .......................................................................... 97

D.1.1. Are You Unable to Boot from the CD ROM? ................................................. 97

D.1.2. Are You Unable to Boot from the Local Boot Disk?....................................... 97

D.1.3. Are You Unable to Boot from PCMCIA Boot Disks? ..................................... 97

D.1.4. Is Your System Displaying Signal 11 Errors?.................................................. 98

D.1.5. Are You Unable to Boot from a Network Boot Disk? ..................................... 98

D.2. Trouble Beginning the Installation.................................................................................. 98

D.2.1. Trouble Using PCMCIA Boot Disks?.............................................................. 98

D.2.2. Is Your Mouse Not Detected? .......................................................................... 98

D.2.3. Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation.................................... 99

D.3. Trouble During the Installation....................................................................................... 99

D.3.1. Partition Creation Problems ............................................................................. 99

D.3.2. Using Remaining Space ................................................................................... 99

D.3.3. Other Partitioning Problems........................................................................... 100

D.3.4. Are You Seeing Python Errors? ..................................................................... 100

D.4. Problems After Installation ........................................................................................... 101

D.4.1. Trouble With the Graphical GRUB Screen? .................................................. 101

D.4.2. Trouble With the Graphical LILO Screen?.................................................... 101

D.4.3. Booting into a Graphical Environment .......................................................... 101

D.4.4. Problems with Server Installations and X...................................................... 101

D.4.5. Problems When You Try to Log In ................................................................ 102

D.4.6. Is Your RAM Not Being Recognized?........................................................... 102

D.4.7. Your Printer Will Not Work ........................................................................... 103

D.4.8. Problems with Sound Configuration .............................................................. 104

D.4.9. Apache based

httpd

service/Sendmail Hangs During Startup .................... 104

E. An Introduction to Disk Partitions ........................................................................................... 105

E.1. Hard Disk Basic Concepts............................................................................................. 105

E.1.1. It is Not What You Write, it is How You Write It .......................................... 105

E.1.2. Partitions: Turning One Drive Into Many....................................................... 107

E.1.3. Partitions within Partitions   An Overview of Extended Partitions ............. 109

E.1.4. Making Room For Red Hat Linux.................................................................. 110

E.1.5. Partition Naming Scheme............................................................................... 114

E.1.6. Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems ................................................ 115

E.1.7. Disk Partitions and Mount Points................................................................... 115

E.1.8. How Many Partitions? .................................................................................... 116

E.1.9. One Last Wrinkle: Using GRUB or LILO ..................................................... 116

F. Driver Disks ................................................................................................................................ 119

F.1. Why Do I Need a Driver Disk?...................................................................................... 119

F.1.1. So What Is a Driver Disk Anyway? ................................................................ 119

F.1.2. How Do I Obtain a Driver Disk? .................................................................... 119

F.1.3. Using a Driver Disk During Installation ......................................................... 120

G. Configuring a Dual Boot System .............................................................................................. 121

G.1. Allocating Disk Space for Linux .................................................................................. 122

G.1.1. Add a New Hard Drive................................................................................... 122

G.1.2. Use an Existing Hard Drive or Partition ........................................................ 122

G.1.3. Create a New Partition ................................................................................... 123

G.2. Installing Red Hat Linux in a Dual Boot Environment ................................................ 123

G.2.1. Disk Partitioning ............................................................................................ 123

G.2.2. Configuring the Boot Loader ......................................................................... 124

G.2.3. Post Installation ............................................................................................. 124

G.3. Partitioning with FIPS .................................................................................................. 124