I can't seem to install RH Linux 7.2! I have a 27GB HDD partitioned in the following way: ~ 21GB as an extended VFAT ~ 5GB as a Linux ext2f (not sure if it's ext2) ~ 500MB as a Linux swap ~ 400KB for XOSL (the os loader I use) The XOSL partition is the last partition so the other partitions work. In the VFAT I have the following: ~ 5GB FAT-32 LBA (has WinME installed) ~ 5GB FAT-32 LBA (going to be used as a shared partition for WinME and Linux) I wasn't sure if Linux would get confused (like Windows does) so I hid the VFAT and the two FAT-32 partitions (using the partition manager I have and XOSL). But when I try to install linux I get an error. I downloaded the iso files from an ftp site and burned them onto cd-r's. I've tried to install using regular graphical mode (just pressing enter at the boot prompt), using text mode, and using the no framebuffer mode. With the no framebuffer mode, my comp seems to hang after the following line: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! If I wait a while, the screen goes blank. With the regular graphical mode, the screen goes blank after the first two lines (which are something about loading initrd.img and loading vmlinuz). I know that my comp has hung because after a while, the cd drive stops whirring, and there are no lights flashing on the drive. Also, while my screen is blank, the light is still on (and not flashing which means it's not in energy save mode). Please help if you can. I'm new to linux and I want to learn linux from an experience point of view (plus everyone tells me how it's far better than windows). Thanks for any help. Hirna

Hi there I think that the discs you have prepared is not bootable so you may have to create another pair. Regarding your hidden partition, I have never had any problems with FAT partitions and ext2/3. The only thing to remember is to install Windows before linux, but you probably allready known that Hope that it helps to solve your problem

Hi, you don't have to hide any partitions for linux, and linux can be on any partition you like. Your error-message sound unusual to me, but whenever I had a "kernel panic" I messed up telling the kernel where my linux partition is (but I had something like: "unable to locate init"). I think Gregers Hansen is right, you should try a different installation way, maybe bootdisks. I use Debian-linux (www.debian.org) and I need two bootdisks and 4 module-disks (for network support) Everything else I can access direcly from one of the debian servers on the net. Good luck, Solo

I actually was using cds. I burned the two enigma iso files onto cds (since my comp can boot from cds). But, I'll try creating some boot disks. If all else fails, I might have to just download the iso files again. But thanks for your help and the info about the partitions. Hiran

I was having while installing linux 7.2.. all you have to do is this where boot: you can enter commands. i think linux doesn't detect all your memory so yuo have to specify it.. heres wah you do in the command line: Boot: linux mem=(the amount of memory and follow it with a M for Megabytes) expert EX: linux mem=768m expert and thats it.. it shuold work as it did for me :) good luck