Upgrading Red Hat 9 to Core 1--where's the software?

[Kam Leo]

On 5/11/07, Dwight Johnson <dwj at aaronsrod.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 10 May 2007, Kam Leo wrote:
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> > > > I've got my shaisums lined up now and have begun the install. Just as
> > > > I start loading packages, I get this error:
> > > >
> > > > "The file mgetty-1.1.33-9.fc6.i386.rpm cannot be opened.
> > >
> > > After you made your CDs, did you run mediacheck on the CDs?
> > >
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> Yes, the media check failed for three successive CDs.
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> > Since
> > you got this far in the installation process your CD is good enough to
> > allow you to perform a network install. Find yourself a fast, local
> > mirror and do the minimum install.
>
> Is this something I could possibly do from a Windows 2000 computer?

Yes. Pick mirrors from here:
http://rhold.fedoraproject.org/Download/mirrors.html

Note: You may need the actial IP address of the server. Use ping from Windows.

Boot with installation CD, at boot prompt type "linux askmethod",
select FTP, enter URL of server and install.

> Dwight