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You can choose to continue with the GUI installation or use the text mode installation, which does not

require using a mouse. If you choose to continue with the GUI installation, you will need to provide

the installation program with your mouse configuration information (see Section 3.14).

Figure D 1. Mouse Not Detected

D.2.3. Problems with Booting into the Graphical Installation

There are some video cards that will not work properly with the Red Hat Linux installation program.

The end result will be a problem booting into the graphical installation program.

If the installation program will not run using its default settings, it will try to run in a lower resolution

mode. If that still fails, the installation program will run in text mode.

Users who have video cards that will not run at 800 x 600 resolution should type lowres at the

boot:

prompt to run the installation program in 640 x 480 resolution.

D.3. Trouble During the Installation

D.3.1. Partition Creation Problems

If you are having trouble creating a partition (for example, a root (

/

) partition), make sure you are

setting its partition type to Linux Native.

Unless your BIOS supports otherwise, make sure

/boot

does not exceed the 1023 cylinder head.

If you do not, the installation program will not allow you to create a

/boot

or

/

partition. Some

new systems allow you to exceed the 1023 limit (with GRUB and the newer LILO versions that are

available), but most machines with older BIOS will not.

D.3.2. Using Remaining Space

You have a

swap

and a

/

(root) partition created, and you have selected the root partition to use the

remaining space, but it does not fill the hard drive.