Linux and WindowsXP

[snidy]

I have a dual boot with Red hat and WindowsXP. It works when I first instal, then after I reboot into Windows and reboot again to Red hat it won't let me into red hat.
During boot up When it gets to (Bringing up interface eth0) it says fail.
I tryed reinstalling 3 times now and get the same problem.

 

[civad]

Dont worry too much about it: and no need to reinstall.
The next time iat boot time it tries to say @bringing up eth0@ just press ctrl+c. The boot sequence should initiate.
Once you are into your RH system, open a terminal Window. Log on as root and type ntsysv ( I think RH still has that useful little tool...) Disable networking at boot time.

Then I think you should not have too much problem , except that you will have to set up yopur networking again.

 

[snidy]

Ya but like I said, it won't let me into red hat, so I can't configure anything

 

[civad]

Thats strange..usually pressing ctrl+c at boot time simply makes that particular system param disabled.

Btw: have you tried booting thro' the cd? I think if you press F2 or F3 you should be able to boot into rescue mode.

Type rescue and hit enter at "boot:: " prompt...

 

[snidy]

I tried that and it didn't work. Should I be installing GRUB or LILO

 

[civad]

I think RH now uses Grub as default bootloader, though Lilo is (IMO) easier to configure.

 

[cleverhandle]

When you say you "can't get into RedHat", you mean the system just hangs solid after failing to bring up eth0? Nothing else, no login, no other messages, nothing? If so, have you waited for a little while before resetting - if the boot up routine is trying to do something with the network, it may take a while before things time out.

 

[snidy]

I don't think it has anything to do with the network. I'm trying another install. I do get this error, does it have something to do with it?

The Kernal was unable to re-read the partition table on /dev/hda (Device or resource busy)
This means Linux knows nothing about any modifications you made. You should reboot your
computer before doing anything with /dev/hda

I get this every time I install, is it anything?

 

[liquidtech]

When you boot into redhat it gives you an option for a step-by-step confirmation of the things it is loading. When you reach eth0 (which is your NIC) just say no and should boot with no problem. After you boot up edit the XF86Config so that it wont try to load the NIC. Then look for some drivers for your NIC which is probably the main problem.