Trouble configuring Red Hat 7.2

[Pedro Morales]

--- Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Pedro Morales wrote:
> > --- jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >>On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 09:20, Pedro Morales wrote:
> >>
> >>>--- jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 08:16, Pedro Morales
> >>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>I downloaded the 3 cd's from the mirror and
> >>
> >>burned
> >>
> >>>>>them to use them at class, but since we're
> >>
> >>just
> >>
> >>>>>starting we found no way to get the
> >>
> >>installation
> >>
> >>>>>working, I was hoping for an autorun from the
> >>>>
> >>>>cdrom
> >>>>
> >>>>>boot (the cdrom is set up as first boot
> >>
> >>device)
> >>
> >>>>but it
> >>>>
> >>>>>didn't, it went straight to the linux7.2 that
> >>>>
> >>>>we're
> >>>>
> >>>>>having problems with.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Do I have to download any extra files from the
> >>>>
> >>>>mirror
> >>>>
> >>>>>for the boot sequence to happen?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>>If they are FC1 disks the first CD is bootable.
> >>
> >>Set
> >>
> >>>>the system BIOS to
> >>>>boot from the cdrom drive and you should be good
> >>
> >>to
> >>
> >>>>go. 
> >>>
> >>>FC1? I downloaded from one of the mirror ftp's,
> >>
> >>i386
> >>
> >>>ones, cd1, 2 and 3, bios is set up to boot from
> cd
> >>
> >>and
> >>
> >>>is not reading cd1 as bootable.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>Does the CD have a directory structure or is it a
> >>single file?
> >>If it is a single file it has been incorrectly
> >>burned.
> >>-- 
> >>jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>
> > 
> > 
> > the cd1 has:
> > in green:
> > autorun
> > eula.txt
> > GPL
> > readme
> > readme-acessbility
> > release -notes
> > release -notes.html
> > RPM-GPG-Key
> > RPM-GPG-Key-beta
> > RPM-GPG-Key-fedora
> > RPM-GPG-Key--fedora-rawhide
> > RPM-GPG-Key-fedora-test
> > RPM-GPG-Key-rawhide
> > Trans.tbl
> > 
> > in blue
> > dosutils
> > fedora
> > images
> > isolinux
> > 
> > did I download the wrong iso or is it missing the
> boot
> > file?
> 
> Pedro,
> 
> You simply need to download the 3 Fedora .iso files
> (called
> "yarrow-i386-discN.iso" and use them to burn the
> CDs.  When you burn the
> CDs, you must select the "Burn CD from ISO image"
> option.  Since I don't
> know which program you're using to burn with, I
> can't be more specific.
> There are instructions for some programs at:
> 
> 	http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#making_cds
> 
> The secret is that, if you mount the CD under
> Windows or some other OS,
> you should see a bunch of files, not just one and
> the first CD will be
> bootable.  If you see just one, you burned the CD
> incorrectly.
> 
> Good luck.  Let us know if we can help more.


I did Rick, I'll download it again just in case.


>This is a correct burn. Now the question is this
>yarrow* (Fedora Core 1 
>--FC1) or Fedora core 2.
>FC2 has errors that won't allow it to boot on some
>systems. It is also a beta test core for the gurus
>and grungy beasties to play with.
>-- 
>jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>


it's FC1

I tried removing the HD as boot, only leaving cdrom
alone, and it couldnt find a boot or o/s in any of the
three cd's.






	
		
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