[plug] Trying to install Red hat 6.2 on a new box

[wayne]

Yes, Alan; I have a number of complaints about Redhat5.2; 6.2 and 7.0.  The
(setup from DOS) instructions on the CD often don't match files or file
structure on the disk.  Indeed I had to create an install floppy from 6.2 to
boot the 7.0 CD because the 7.0 floppy boot.img file did not work at all.
As a note, perhaps the peculiarity on my system is that I am using a
(non-IDE) Soundblaster CD from a SB adapter.

I have had that much trouble with RedHat that I am using Mandrake 7.1, 7.2,
8.0 - and have re-installed many times now for the experience.  (Although I
add here that one "M" disk I had refused to go past the format process on a
486.)

I am not looking for flames on distros (but I guess I have to expect that
now) but I am a newbie and am only trying to get Linux up and running using
THE BOOK and ex-Windows "nouse".

I am still having a lot of trouble coming to grips with loading packages.

Regards,
(newbie) wayne.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Graham" <alan.graham at infonetsystems.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:33 PM
Subject: [plug] Trying to install Red hat 6.2 on a new box


> And struggling.  I built a Duron 850 box at the weekend, and I can't get
RH
> loaded on it.  It refuses to boot from the cd, so I cut a boot disk.  It
> boots from that but then tells me that there is no RH cd in the drive.
> Alt-f3 shows 'trying to mount device hdc'.  Alt-f4 shows
>
> <6> cdrom: open failed
> <7> VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,0)
>
> If I eject the cd and try to reread, it waits for about 1 minute, then
> shows the same errors again.
>
> The machine has a 40gb HDD as primary IDE master (ATA-100) and the cdrom
as
> secondary master (ATA-33).  I've tried a different cd drive, same results.
> I've tried a cd rom as primary slave, same result, but then on a warm boot
> it actually booted from the cd.  The boot failed while loading vmlinuz
tho'
>
> I've also tried RH 7.0 and 7.1 cd's with similar results.  However, win98
> SE booted ok and took me into the Win98 startup menu.  It's ok tho', I
> cancelled that before it could write anything to the HDD :-)
>
> I'm thinking that there's either something in the bios, maybe a delay,
'cos
> it almost worked an a warm boot over the ATA-100 channel, or maybe a cable
> problem in the second IDE cable that I'm using to the cd-rom.  I don't
have
> a spare to hand, so I can't check that at the mo'.
>
> Anything else anyone can think of?  I was hoping that it was a hardware
> fault on the new mobo ('cos that's someone else's problem), but that won't
> fly since 98 boots ok.  ANY suggestions gratefully received.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alan Graham
>
>