[plug] Attempting to install RedHat 5.2 over network

[Michael Hunt]

Sounds more like a problem with your supplementary disk. You can get new
versions from Redhats web site which have better support for smb using
encrypted passwords iirc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of Steve Baker
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 7:09 AM
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Attempting to install redhat 5.2 over network
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, David Buddrige wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Rob (and others)... 8-)
> >
> > I'm at home, trying to get this machine installed with Linux... I gave
> > up trying to use SMB - basically it got to the install stage where it
> > requests the second supplementary disk.  I insert disk created from the
> > supp.img file, and press ok.
> >
> > It then says "failed to mount /dev/fd0. and won't go any further than
> > that... 8-(
> >
> > I'm now trying to set it up using FTP (from my home-linux
> machine to the
> > new system - but am having similar problem...
> >
> > Has anyone got any ideas?
>
> You probably don't have an FTP server running on your NT system - if it's
> NT Workstation, then I'm pretty sure that's it.  Look around the net
> for a free one - I think there is an NT version of wu-ftpd somewhere.
>
> Alternatively, take the CD-ROM out of the NT box and put it into the
> Linux box.  Or buy a new CD-ROM (around $90).
>
> --
> Steve Baker,  aka  bakes at corona.iinet.net.au
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>