[luau] Newbie on Redhat 5.2

[Warren Togami]

demon_jr808 wrote:
> I used Partition Magic to move my WINXP partition above the 1024 
> cylinder, which left me with enough space to install Redhat.
>  

Recent versions of Linux no longer have the 1024 cylinder restriction. 
Any computer that can run WinXP can have Linux entirely above 1024 
cylinders and it should still work fine.

> Anyways, I was able to install Linux and get X working, although only at 
> VGA 640X480. I haven't been able to figure how to install or find the 
> drivers for more card, a Riva TNT 16mb AGP. If anyone can give me some 
> help with this, that would be great.
>  
> Another big problem I have so far is that I can not get my network 
> running. First of all, I couldn't find a corresponding driver (are these 
> "modules" in Linux?) for my card. In fact, I really don't understand how 
> to install drivers in Linux, or where the driver files are meant to 
> placed, etc. I figured out how to input my network info though, like my 
> IP and Gateway, using "netcfg" and "linuxconf". The strange thing about 
> "linuxconf" is that I was only able to run it in the shell, it wouldn't 
> work in X, something about the GUI. Anyways, if someone can help me out 
> with how to setup my network, that would be great!
>  
> Thanks!

Please use a modern distribution like Red Hat 8.0 or Mandrake 9.0, 
almost all problems you described are either solved or immediately 
obvious in these newer versions.

Do you have high speed Internet?  You can quickly download the CD images 
from our local mirrors:

ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/redhat/linux/8.0/en/iso/i386
ftp://mplug.oceanic.com/mirrors/redhat/linux/8.0/en/iso/i386
Red Hat 8.0 (you need the first 3 discs)

ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/iso
ftp://mplug.oceanic.com/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/iso
Mandrake 9.0

Warren Togami
warren at togami.com