5.Make sure the /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/filename is a hard link to
Linux Does Not Open If Installation Is Interrupted
In Red Hat Linux 9, if the Linux installation does not start properly after initial installation, you have to delete and
In Linux, if the installation process is aborted anytime during installation, the diskimage created will not work. You must delete the disk image, and use the Create a New Emulated Drive option to restart the installation process.
When creating and installing Linux, always attach and create the diskimage at the same time. Do not try to create another drive before the Linux installation is complete or you will not be able to use the Linux diskimage.
Do Not Attempt to Change to External Monitor Using Display Settings Only
In Red Hat Linux 9, you cannot switch from the system monitor to the external monitor by using the Display Settings option.
You have to exit the SunPCi session and restart SunPCi using the
Refer to the Red Hat Linux chapter “How to Prepare Linux to Display External Video” on page 91 for information about changing the video display.
Using VNC With Linux Might Not Work
In Red Hat Linux 9, if you use Linux with VNC, sometimes VNC might not work properly.
To avoid this issue, you should only bring up Linux with run level 3 in VNC and the console login when running Linux. To bring up the console login only, you can change the run level in the /etc/inittab directory by updating the following:
id:5:initdefault
to
id:3:initdefault
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