On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:59:30 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/21/2002 10:05 AM, Collins wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:24:44 +0000 Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >>On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:35:50 -0600 Andrew Mathews > >> > >>[ snips ] > >> > >> > >>>Have you tried 7.3 on this machine? They're both > >>>2.4.18 kernels, and 7.3 on XFS is what we're using on production > >>>servers now. If you have the bandwidth to grab the iso's, get > >them>>at: > >>>ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/Release-1.1/installer/installer/i > >386/RH7.3-SGI-XFS-1.1.iso>> > >>>for the XFS installer image, and > >>>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-7.3-en/iso/i386/valhalla- > >i386-disc1.iso>>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-7.3-en/iso/ > >i386/valhalla-i386-disc2.iso>>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redh > >at-7.3-en/iso/i386/valhalla-i386-disc3.iso>>for the os cd's. Or > >contact me off list for an alternative method.>>Isn't this fun? <g> > >>>-- > >> > > > > OK, so I tried all this, and the SGI 7.3 installer works like a > > champ until it gets time to request the first RedHat CD, then it > > will not accept the CD "wrong CD, try again". Any clues. > > > > I did everything as described here, except that the RedHat CDs > > came from a mirror. All 3 CDs matched the md5sum published on the > > site. > > Did you read the errata on the SGI site about the CDs? You need to > apply a patch to the XFS image with xdelta because Redhat changed > their CD1 image. >
OK, after a lengthy search on SGI, I finally stumbled onto the right page ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.1/installer/installer/i386/README-RH-VERSIONS You also need to download xdelta from http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdelta/ in order to use the patch. Too bad this wasn't posted with the original recommendation; I would have been spared burning a coaster. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? - Code Python gentoo(since 01/01/01) now 1.4beta kernel 2.4.18+ ext3 GCC3.2 xfce-sylpheed-skipstone _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
