[plug] RH 9 instal problems

[Ben Jensz]

Well the Technical Details of Red Hat 9.0 straight from Red Hat's site 
state:


    Minimum and Recommended Hardware Requirements:

*CPU:*
Minimum: Pentium-class
Recommended for Text Mode: 200 Megahertz Pentium-class or better
Recommended for Graphical Mode: 400 Megahertz Pentium-class or better

*Hard Disk Space*:*
Custom installation (minimum): 475 MB
Personal Desktop: 1.7 GB
Workstation: 2.1 GB
Custom installation (everything): 5.0 GB

*Additional space will be required for file storage.

*Memory Requirements:*
minimum for text mode: 64MB
minimum for graphical mode: 128 MB
recommended for graphical mode: 192 MB

(http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/technical)

You don't fit into the minimum requirement for text mode (64Mb of RAM).  
Personally I'm also not surprised that X is as slow as a dead dog on 
that system.  No offence, but that system for running a recent GUI is 
VERY slow.  I'd suggest using an older version of Linux on that 
machine.  Either that or upgrading if you really want to use RH 9.

In regards to the mouse and network card not working.  Manually running 
kudzu doesn't find them?


/ Ben


Bret Busby wrote:

>Has anyone managed to successfully instal RH 9 without using the 
>graphical instal?
>
>We tried to instal RH 9 on our server (to replace RH 6.2 - RH 7.3 
>didn't properly instal). The server is a Pentium MMX, with 32 MB RAM. 
>The installation said that not enough RAM was present to use the 
>graphical instal, then proceeded with the text-based instal. The 
>installation process did not include any network component at all, and 
>failed to detect the mouse.
>
>We bought the manufacturer's $40 version of RH 9. The Installation Guide 
>does not include the text-based installation, and gives no details as to 
>how to set up the network part either using the text-based installation, 
>or, after installation.
>
>In loading XWindows (using GNOME and Sawfish), it is as slow as watching 
>the grass grow. My old Cyrix P120+, with 32 MB of RAM, using RH 6.2, 
>could load XWindows and Star Office 5.2, faster than the Pentium MMX 
>loads XWindows. We tried to load XWindows, to try to use the GUI tool 
>for setting up a network interface and configuring the network, but got 
>nowhere.
>
>When the computer was rebooted after the initial installation, it had 
>still failed to detect that either the network card or the mouse was 
>present. Whilst the network card might not be a "plug-n-play" device (I 
>am not sure), I expected that the OS would detect that the card was 
>present.
>
>I had understood that RH 9 was supposed to make installation easier, but 
>this appears more difficult than installing Debian.
>
>I am assuming that the manufacturer's CD's are good (not corrupted).
>
>So, has anyone managed to succesfully instal RH 9, using the text-based 
>instal? And, can someone please advise how to (from the command line) 
>instal the network card device driver and configure the network? 
>Usually, this kind of stuff can be done graphically, but it appears that 
>the graphics have become to big in RH 9, to make XWindows useable on 
>32MB RAM.
>
>Thanks in anticipation.
>
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