Upgrading to RHEL 4

[Rick Stevens]

On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 20:05 +0000, jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 19:20 +0000, jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 03:07 +0000, jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote:
> > > > > Ok so I have downloaded the *.iso files now what? I don't yet know enough 
> > > > about Linx to use these files. Can anyone help?
> > > > 
> > > > You can burn the files to CDs and install from there.  That's probably
> > > > the easiest way.
> > > > 
> > > > Are you currently running Linux?  If so, what version?  Can you post
> > > > the output of the "dmesg" command?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I ran the dmesg command the output is in the attached file. I tried to burn a 
> > cd using the cdrecord command.
> > > Found the cdrom dev values with -scanbus option. I have two cds drives on this 
> > machine one wouldn't mount the other appears to work. The command executes and 
> > runs with a number of messages but when I acces the cd nothing is there. 
> > > 
> > > Here's the command
> > > mkisofs -R -o /vzr/tmp/myhome.cd /home/myhome
> > > cdrecord -scanbus (see attached fiel scanbus.txt)
> > > cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -data /var/tmp/myhome.cd
> > 
> > Yes, that's right.  The LiteON is a DVD-RW (I have one too).  The other
> > device appears to be a simple DVD reader:
> > 
> > 	hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
> > 	hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> > 
> > Now, as far as burning the .iso images you downloaded, the command you
> > want to use is:
> > 
> > 	cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 /path/to/iso/file
> > 
> > Repeat that for each .iso you downloaded.  When you're done, you should
> > be able to take the CD you burned for the first .iso file and boot right
> > off it.
> 
> How can I check that the file is on the CD? I have tried to backup my home dir files but don't see anything when I mount the drive.

You probably want to add the "-J" option to mkisofs.  The options I
typically use are "mkisofs -r -J -o /path/image.iso /path/to/files"

If you burned the .iso correctly, you can mount the CD and see a bunch
of files on it.  If you only see one file, then you burned it wrong.

You _are_ checking the mountpoint, right?  Don't check /dev/hdc, you
must check wherever you mounted it.  Put the CD in, wait a few seconds,
then check the output of the "mount" command to see if it automounted.

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