installation issues

[Rick Stevens]

On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 09:59 +0530, Darshak wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 09:48 +0530, Darshak wrote:
> >   
> >> Rick Stevens wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 18:13 +0530, Darshak wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> I want to use different ISO then red-hat :) will it be possible ?
> >>     
> >
> > No.  Anaconda (the Red Hat installer) expects Red Hat CDs or ISO images.
> > Trying to install, say, Debian via the Red Hat installer absolutely will
> > NOT work.  If you want to install a different distribution, then use
> > their installer and direct any problems to their mailing list.  This
> > list is really only for Red Hat and Fedora Core installation issues.
> >
> >   
> >>>> Hi, All
> >>>> I am newbie to linux. I have red-hat installation CDs.
> >>>> I am trying to install by askmethod. But when I give ISO file path,it 
> >>>> says not proper ISO [ which is true ?]
> >>>> I want to know How installation programme comes to know that its not 
> >>>> proper CD ?

Anaconda looks at the names of the CD images and expects them to be
named exactly as they are on the download site.  For the current Red
Hat releases, that's RHEL-Ux-yS-discN.iso (where "x" is the update
number, and "y" is either "E" for Enhanced or "A" for "Advanced").

Anaconda also has the MD5 signature of each image embedded in it so it
can test the images and verify that they're correct.  You can bugger
Anaconda if you wish to, but unless you know how to write Python code,
I'd recommend against it.

> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> You need to provide the path to where the ISO files are kept and the ISO
> >>> files must be named EXACTLY as they are on the website.
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>     
> I agree this is for RH/FC. But I want to know how red-hat checks that 
> this is Redhat CD/ISO only?
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