# Help me instal redhat **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 14, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-instal-redhat/49960 "2001-01-14T04:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cykrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@cykrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cykrider)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-instal-redhat/49960/1 "2001-01-14T04:30:33Z")
Ok, I think I’ve read just about every manual I can get my hands on. I’ve been to the redhat site and I know it like I know the back of my hand. Regardless, I can’t install this OS. Here some of my drawbacks: At the boot prompt I press enter and instead of getting the GUI interface I get the text-based one. I looked for my Creative Labs Annihilator 2 MX on the compatiblity site and didn’t find it. When I try switching back to my old port the computer can’t find a monitor. And I’ve tried disabling my monitor in windows 98. It didn’t seem to work too well. So, since I’m determined to get Redhat 7.0 to work, I decided to try the text-based installation. That was going ok until I got an error (which I missed out on the info about it ☹ )and then it aborted the installation. If you need me too I can try it again and try and see what the error is again. Also, I have 98 on my box now, and I guess I would like to keep it. So how do I do this “partionless” installation. I never saw that option anywhere. In fact I never saw anything asking me to do the mount points or anything. If I just put in the CD and do a workstation installation will it over-write windows? I remember reading it will over-write previous linux OS’s but since I don’t have any. Or do I need to run fdisk before I try to install redhat? arg, I’m ver frusterated. I’ll try and give you guys all the info. you can possibly need, just let me know. Thanks. HP Pavilion I have a intel 650 mhz PIII 30 gig. western digital hard drive. I want to install redhat 7.0 workstation, which I bought, not downloaded. ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-instal-redhat/49960/2 "2001-01-14T05:49:53Z")
Actually, that’s why I liked the old RedHat 6 installer better, it had a text based installer, and you could get a lot more install done in the text window before you had to do graphics and Xwindows configuration. Anyway, I heard there were problems with RH7, it has some incompatibilites with binaries, its some sort of forking problem that I won’t get into unless you’re into that sort of thing. Most people I know are holding off RH7 until it gets straightened out.