On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 07:42:52PM -0500, Jason Pierce wrote: > I got a similar error message trying to do an ftp install. I think mine > was "Unable to load(or find?) the second stage image". Sounds like the > same thing to me. I was trying to do an ftp install of Redhat and Mandrake > (not at the same time) via ethernet connection to a 98 box with a lan ftp > setup. > > Any ideas as to what the problem is and how it can be fixed? Jason Pierce > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Have you tried specifying the IP address of the FTP server, rather than the host name. That works for me for NFS installations. I conjecture that the reason is that the target machine has no /etc/hosts file on it during the installation. > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 10|06|2000| at 04|33 PM| Rohit Singh wrote: > > R>Hi, > R> I am trying to install Linux on my PC. I tried to install it over the > R>network. After writing the boot-image to floppy and booting it, it asked > R>for my machine's network particulars. After that it asked for the FTP > site > R>and the directory. Here I specified: > R> FTP Site: sulinux.stanford.edu > R> RedHat Directory: /pub/sulinux-1.1/i386 > R> OR > R> /pub/sulinux-1.1/i386/RedHat > R>However, the program threw up an error message "Unable to load the second > R>RAM disk" . -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
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