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More Redhat install problems..

  • 27-04-2002 01:54PM
    #1
    mayhem#
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭


    I'm fairly new to this whole Linux malarky so please forgive me for any complete and utter ignorance that I am about to display..
    I'm trying to install Redhat 7.2 on a Dell Inspiron 7000 lappie.
    D/L the two Iso, stuck them on CD's, inserted CD's in CD-ROM drive, booted machine and ………. Nothing!!
    I can boot to a DOS prompt and "see" the D (CD_ROM) drive and "see" the files, however when I try to boot from the CD it just won't take it..
    Next step tried making a bootdisk from the CD, also didn't work because as the screen happily told me, it could not read from drive D, even though I can access it…
    D/L'd a bootdisk, stuck it on a floppy and booted from that.
    Also no luck, it runs through the whole bootup menu until it has to access the CD in the D drive and that's it…
    Can't find a Redhat CD….
    Has anyone got any tips before I try the an old bit of "ultra-violence" on it?


Comments

  • #2
    sisob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭sisob


    Originally posted by mayhem#

    D/L the two Iso, stuck them on CD's,
    it sound like you cd's might be corrumpt - most likely the iso's. you need to check the md5 checksums to see if they d/led properly
    inserted CD's in CD-ROM drive, booted machine and ………. Nothing!!
    go into you bios and make sure that it's set to boot from cdrom.

    Next step tried making a bootdisk from the CD, also didn't work because as the screen happily told me, it could not read from drive D, even though I can access it…

    if booting off a cd fails:
    copy the images folder off cd1 onto your hd and use rawrite to make a bootdisk from the cdrom.img(i think) file


    g'luck


  • #3
    Frank Grimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,468 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    Yeah, sounds like a corrupt ISO.
    Take a look here:

    http://www.linuxiso.org/

    There's some faqs on downloading/burning there.


  • #4
    xor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭xor


    Just ensure that when you are burning the iso to Cd-rom that
    u choose the option in your cd-burning software to burn an ISO image.
    Eg In easy Cd creator its File then Create Cd from Cd image and u give it the ISO file that you downloaded.

    When u put in the CD which never booted , did you hear the cd-drive spin up at all ?? if not then I would say that you'd have to set your bios to try and boot from CD-ROM first

    ie First Bootable Device should be set to Cd-Rom

    Hope that helps.


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