Ryan,
In response to your mail of Sunday, October 13, 2002 10:43:39 PM:
>> Trying to install on a Dell, [...]
>> isolinux: Failed to locate CD-ROM device; boot failed.
RC> It would be a good idea to check the integrity of the RH8.0 CD you
RC> are trying to boot from.
(# md5sum /dev/hdc ; Doesn't work on an older system like RH6,
presumably version of md5sum has enhancements.)
...but the MD5 for my first 3 CD's matches in all cases.
I'm dubious about the isolinux stuff ... the installation that I
eventually got to run (using a boot floppy) is corrupted and broken,
not least in the mess it's made of the boot loader part. I didn't look
much further. I'm going to re-try with a boot floppy again and specify
LILO this time to see if I get any further...
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BitBasher,
In response to your mail of Monday, October 14, 2002 5:56:20 AM:
B> If you can actually boot the new RH 8.0 cd to the first text-based
B> menu, start up linux with:
B> linux mediacheck
B> (or it might be linux checkmedia)
Yeah maybe the latter. I didn't manage this, but the installer offers
what I suspect is the same functionality near the beginning...
Incidentally, what does the "check media" step do at the start of the
installation process? I'm guessing it checks the MD5 too.
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Best regards,
James.
