 | | | Trouble configuring Red Hat Linux 7.2 | Trouble configuring Red Hat Linux 7.2 2004-05-10 - By Rick Stevens
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Pedro Morales wrote:
> Pedro Morales wrote:
>
> >--- Rick Stevens <rstevens@(protected) > wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Pedro Morales wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >--- jludwig <wralphie@(protected) > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:01, Pedro Morales wrote:
> > > > >snip
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >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?
> > > > >
> > > > >snip
> > > > >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@(protected) >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >ok well I downloaded teh cd1 iso again, burned it,
> > >
> > >ran
> > >
> > >
> > > >it in my pc and it booted from the cd, but it
> > >
> > >didnt in
> > >
> > >
> > > >teh classroom, the bio has cdrom as first boot and
> > >
> > >HD
> > >
> > >
> > > >as second, it read teh cdrom and went to the HD
> > >
> > >and
> > >
> > >
> > > >loaded 7.2, now im wondering, is there a way to
> > >
> > >run
> > >
> > >
> > > >the FC1 installation from the 7.2 text mode?
> > >
> > >I 'm not certain I understand that. I understand
> > >that English isn 't
> > >your primary language, so try to answer these one at
> > >a time:
> >
> >
> >well, I 've been in the US for over 3 years, and in
> >college, so I do try my best to write it and get
> >understood...
>
>
> Sorry. Your messages tend to run together a bit. I
> have trouble
> reading them. But I 'm old (46) and it 's probably my
> fault. :-( I
> appologize.
>
>
> > >1. Did you burn the Fedora Core 1 .iso image on a
> > >new CD?
> >
> >
> >yes
> >
> >
> >
> > >2. Did that CD boot on your home system?
> >
> >
> >yes
>
>
> Ah, good...so we know it 's good media--as far as
> booting is concerned.
>
>
> > >3. If #2 is "yes ", did that CD boot on your school
> > >system?
> >
> >
> >no
>
>
> Ugh! Ok. let 's press on.
>
>
> > >4. If #3 is "no ", did you check the BIOS settings on
> > >the school system
> > >to make sure it would try to boot the CD before the
> > >hard disk?
> >
> >
> >yes
>
>
> Ok, did you see it actually try the CD (did the light
> flash) or did
> it simply skip over it and go to the hard drive?
>
> [snip]
>
>
> > > if you can find some of
> > >the old CD-R media
> > >that 's gold in color, you may have better luck.
> > >Either that or you
> > >should replace the CD drive in the school 's system.
> >
> >
> >well I have installed other programs with the same
> >type of cd-r media, and it did boot on my home pc
> >(built it myself).
>
>
> On the school system? Really? From the same make of
> blank media?
> That 's VERY weird.
>
> Well, I suppose you could force an install by using a
> boot floppy if it
> won 't boot the CD. If you can, mount the first CD
> under Linux and put
> a blank floppy in the floppy drive. As the root user:
>
> # cd /mnt/cdrom/images
> # dd if=bootdisk.img of=dev/fd0 bs=1k
> # cd /root
> # umount /mnt/cdrom
>
> That will build your bootable floppy. You can then
> boot the system off
> the floppy and install from the CD.
>
> [more snippage]
>
>
> >As stated in an earlier email IBM ThinkCentre
> >8189-A4U, ahs a P4 hyperthread, 512ram, intel MB,
> >video integrated (Intel 650G)
>
>
> Sorry, lost the previous messages and didn 't have a
> record of that.
> Gee, that should work with no problem.
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> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer
> rstevens@(protected) -
> - VitalStream, Inc.
>
http://www.vitalstream.com
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> -
> -
> - The problem with being poor is that it takes up all
> of your time -
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>
> ok so I tried to make the bootable floppy, and im
> getting the following error:
>
> "dev/fd0 " no such file or directory
Sorry, that 's a typo. That line is "
dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k
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- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@(protected) -
- VitalStream, Inc.
http://www.vitalstream.com
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