Attempting to install Redhat Linux 6.2 installation over windows XP

Before suggesting anything, we need to verify RHEL and kernel version first.

Post the output of these commands :

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uname -a
cat /etc/*release

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Originally Posted by devils casper

Before suggesting anything, we need to verify RHEL and kernel version first.

Post the output of these commands :

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uname -a
cat /etc/*release

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the results of your request are:
uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-131.0.15.e16.i686 #1 SMP Tue May 10 15:42:28 EDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

and for
cat /etc/*release

Red hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
Red hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)

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Originally Posted by linuxnewbie13

the results of your request are:
uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-131.0.15.e16.i686 #1 SMP Tue May 10 15:42:28 EDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

and for
cat /etc/*release

Red hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)
Red hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago)

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I'm guessing that you don't have a windows manager installed

what's the output of this command?

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rpm -qa | grep gnome

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Originally Posted by manyrootsofallevil

I'm guessing that you don't have a windows manager installed

what's the output of this command?

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rpm -qa | grep gnome

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Hi. When I typed that command, I didn't get nothing. I just got back the command prompt.

Execute this

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su -
yum groupinstall "gnome"

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Above command will install Gnome Desktop and if everything goes well, you will have Graphical Interface on reboot.

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Originally Posted by devils casper

Execute this

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su -
yum groupinstall "gnome"

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Above command will install Gnome Desktop and if everything goes well, you will have Graphical Interface on reboot.

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I will try this and let you know how it goes.

What is still puzzling to me though, is that during the install I didn't get the option to do CUSTOM INSTALL. It only gave me the 3 options I mentioned above. By using entire disk option, I was unable to create my partitions.

change the runlevel to 5

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sudo vim /etc/inittab

line 16 or 17 -> id:5:initdefault:

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save it with
:wq

after that restart it and see if it works

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Originally Posted by linuxnewbie13

I will try this and let you know how it goes.

What is still puzzling to me though, is that during the install I didn't get the option to do CUSTOM INSTALL. It only gave me the 3 options I mentioned above. By using entire disk option, I was unable to create my partitions.

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I tried the command, and below is the result:
[root@localhost~]#yum groupinstall "gnome"
Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
Setting up Group Process
Warning: Group gnome does not exist.
No Packages in any requested group available to install or update
[root@localhost~]#

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Originally Posted by ksurfer

change the runlevel to 5

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sudo vim /etc/inittab

line 16 or 17 -> id:5:initdefault:

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save it with
:wq

after that restart it and see if it works

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I tried that already, and after rebooting its almost like my screen froze. I couldn't do anything. I had to reinstall redhat again.

When the GRUB menu bypass screen appears at boot time, press any key to enter the GRUB menu (within the first three seconds).

Press the [a] key to append to the kernel command.

Add <space><runlevel> at the end of the boot options line to boot to the desired runlevel. For example, the following entry would initiate a boot process into runlevel 3:

grub append> ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet 5

google is my best friend in this case . :)