[plug] Redhat 7.3 install (argh!!!!)

[Bret Busby]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Adrian Blockley wrote:

> 
> Howdy All,
> 
> I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my work Linux box to Redhat 
> 7.3. All was going fine until it asked me to insert redhat 7.3 cd 
> number 3. I inserted the disk with the correct number on it (wasn't too 
> hard there were only 3 disks) and then got an error message telling me 
> that I have inserted the wrong disk. After many re-inserts and many 
> rechecks I can confirm that I have inserted the correct disk even 
> though the install program would like to tell me otherwise. I suspect I 
> have a bad CD but I am not too sure on how to check this - any hints 
> anyone?
> 
> 

I don't know how you would check the CD; unless you did something like a 
du -s, or a df on it, and compared the figures with a known good CD. The 
only thing of which I can think, is to do a byte count (or as near as 
possible), on your CD #3, and compare it with a known good CD #3.

I am curious to the source of the CD set. We borrowed a copy, and 
installed it, then copied the CD's, and installed from the copy that 
we made, to test the copy. We have RH 7.3 on two of our computers, so 
far. We had no problems with the CD #3.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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