Need Help Plz Redhat 9


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look i installed linux redhat and i have Radeon 9200

i think i chose the wrong driver from the list i cant enter linux

he loading all the OK stuff and then the monitor flicker a couple of times and then he give me blue screen with and YES NO and then he says the was error with the driver

how can i fix it ?plz

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Can you get to one of the other terminals? (CTRL+ALT+F2)?

If so, you can repair any damage (though I am not sure what happend, or what to repair) :p

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I think you are thinking of the program xkill.

xkill is mapped on most distros to CTRL+ALT+ESC. (you get your skull-n-crossbones then click to kill) ;)

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tnx but can i run FDISK ON XP ?

I dont think

so

can i just delete the partitions

with magic partition?

I'm not 100% certain on XP, but on older versions you could.

Here's how (try it on XP and let me know if it works or not):

Put CD in drive.

Reboot to BIOS, and make sure that your PC is set to boot from CDROM before Hard Drive.

Boot up, and BIOS should either automatically boot from CD< or prompt you.

When it starts to boot, press F8 a few times. This should allow you to select your boot up.

Choose COMMAND PROMPT ONLY (Something like Shift+F5 if it isn't on the menu)

You get your C:> prompt (which is now your CD-ROM.

Type fdisk, and there you go! :D

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I think the problem is the graphics driver. This has happened to me a couple of times while installing Redhat. When installing RedHat you were asked to choose a screen resolution and some other stuff. If when you previewed the screen resolution something either "bad" or nothing happened, then this is the most likely problem.

What you need to do is download the appropriate drivers for your video card and install it by using your RedHat 9 Intall Disk1 to boot up and install through the command line. You will most likely need to configure the X server with the new driver.

Hope this gives you some sort of direction on getting this problem fixed.

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Instead of accurately picking the video driver, you can pick a generic VESA-compliant driver, and select a very low resolution 800x600 or lower.

This should work, as it is the same drivers and modes that most graphical installs use.

[EDIT: and once your system is up with crappy, but displayable, video, you can install the current drivers from the intraweb.:)]

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