installing FC2

[Matt Morgan]

On 07/15/2004 01:10 PM, Mathew Brown wrote:

> Hello, I'm new to linux (like you need my grief lol) but I've 
> installed FC2 twice now, trying to resolve the video driver problem i 
> am having, the initial install runs fine, soon as i update the nvidia 
> drivers using the gui updater it only loads to shell, i'm still trying 
> to fix that problem, but I want to install linux to run along side of 
> my xp home because i'm not having much luck with linux and my video 
> driver.
>  
> When I start to install FC2 it gives me an error about checksum or 
> something that may cause (Fixable problems) with some other loaders, 
> do i wish to ignore or to cancel.
> If I ignore it, it will partition it fine etc. works great if i use my 
> whole drive, but when I get the video problem with the nvidia driver 
> and only get a shell, i'm pretty well done for. and when i try to 
> install windows again, I have to hook up my floopy drive, fdisk it, 
> and then format it and then do fdisk /mbr in order for the boot record 
> to recognize there's an os on it. otherwise, if i just fdisk, format 
> install windows xp it finishes installing it and when it goes to boot 
> from hd it says no bootable disk detected.
>  
> I know i'm new, and it's probably a 30 second thing for some or most 
> of you but can someone please tell me how the hell to do this?
>  

Instead of posting new messages on the same topic, you should reply to 
your existing messages and responses. Many of us read this list in 
"threaded" fashion, which keeps messages in one topic grouped together. 
When you post a new message like this, the threads get split up.

The checksum error may very well indicate a problem with your 
installation media, that is, the CD's. If you send us the error exactly 
someone can probably tell you more. But maybe starting with a new 
download of the CD's wouldn't hurt.

It's been hard to tell from your postings why X is not starting up. Is 
it failing with errors, or is it just not starting? Did you try the 
"startx" command that another post (from netmask) suggested, to get the 
error log? That was good advice that you should try.

--Matt