[wellylug] hostname

[Damon Lynch]

Hi Rose,

Please open a terminal window when logged in (as any user), and type:

cat /etc/hosts

What does it say?  If it does not say:

127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost

then something is not correct yet.

You may have to try a "brutal" method (for a newbie) of fixing the file
if it is not correct: as root, in a terminal, type:

vi /etc/hosts

vi is a remarkable yet confusing and confounding editor.  Type the
letters:

dd

a few times to delete any lines in the file when you are running it. 
Then type the letter:

i

(for insert).  Then type:

127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain localhost

Then hit the key:

escape

once.  Then type:

:wq

 and hit enter (don't forget the colon before the w, and you must do
this after you've hit escape).  That will modify and save for sure.  But
you need to type *exactly* as I've suggested!  Then type:

reboot

and hit enter.

If you can do  this, then we congratulate you :-)

> 
> The options the bootloader gives me are
> linux
> linux-nonfb
> windows failsafe
> 
> Would linux-nonfb be the old 2Gb hard drive, and if I installed Redhat 
> to that, would it then boot from that dialogue?

All it means is linux non frame buffer (which means boot up linux with
plain text flashing by, and not the fancy graphical look).  Otherwise it
is identical to booting up as linux.

Damon
> 
> -- 
> Damon Lynch <damon at dev-zone.org>


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