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Re: [LUG] Redhat 7.3 install probs



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On Wednesday 09 Oct 2002 5:54 pm, Richard.Fuller1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Ok.....situation tense.

1. Have dual boot LILO...  Windows 98 on one hard disc, Redhat 6.1 on
other.

2. Redhat 6.1 is a mess........I'm a beginner and have made all sorts
of errors.........have decided to install 7.3 from scratch. ( Redhat
Linux 7.3 for Dummies )

3. Floppy drive won't work ( probably seized from lack of use)

If it doesn't work under Win98, you can always replace it.

4. Computer steadfastly refuses to boot from supplied cdrom......have
a feeling that time taken for cd drive to wind up makes BIOS think it
is dead. (CD is OK .....can be read by dos/windows).

If it's an old (ish) PC, it could be because you need to use a boot floppy 
(despite being able to set the BIOS to boot from CD, mine won't). See 3!

You have changed the BIOS settings to boot from the CD instead of IDE?!

:-))

Is this PC on a network?

Is RH6.1 too mangled to mount the CD? Try : (as a user or as root)
mount /mnt/cdrom
If you've mangled the /etc/fstab file, try (as root)
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660

ls -l /mnt/cdrom
should give you the file list of the CD top directory.


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Neil Williams
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