Re: Installing RH6.1 problems...

[Chris Kloiber <chris_kloiber suth com>]

ab123 wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
>    I'm having problems installing RH6.1 . I downloaded the entire
> distribution off of 2 different mirrors (parts from each) and had it burnt
> onto a CD so I could update my RH5.2 . It was burnt onto a no-name CD-R
> under Win98 using Adaptec CD Creator. The CD can be read while I'm in
> RH5.1 and the files are accessible. I also downloaded, after that didn't
> work, the .iso file of RH6.1 and had that burnt onto a Verbatim CD-R using
> the same Win98 machine. That CD I cannot read at all under RH5.2 using any
> of the fstypes. (Well, proc worked. :)  I downloaded the new boot.img file
> after reading some messages from this list, and the advisory from Redhat.
> That helped slightly. My one problem from the original CD-R that was burnt
> that would immediately say, after booting and recognizing hard drives and
> cd-rom, that it couldn't read/access modules/module-info. The file exists
> in the instimage/modules directory, as it should, I believe.
> (Unfortunately, currently I am unable to mount the distribution CD at
> all. Not sure why.)
> 
>    My questions are as follows:
>       (a) Has anyone successfully downloaded a distribution, burnt it
>           onto CD using WinXX, and installed/updated it?

Yes, often. Both from .iso and the RawHide distribution.

>       (b) Anyone come across the modules/module-info error and know what
>           the problem is?

No. This is the first time I have heard of something looking for it.
Perhaps you don't have the correct directory structure on the CD. the
"root" of the CD will have the "RedHat" directory and the "COPYING" file
in it. You should have downloaded (recursivly) everything  from that
directory downward.

>       (c) Is there a program available, maybe from Redhat, that will
>           verify the distribution I have on the CD?

Well, I think the .iso has am MD5 signiture. Am I right? Never messed
with it.

>       (d) Is there a special fstype that I need to write the .iso file
>           as, under Adaptec CD Creator, so that RH5.2 will be able to
>           mount it? (Note: Win98 is able to read the .iso CD.)

No. the .iso is an iso9660 filesystem image of the CD. When burned, it
is a bootable installation CD, identical to one you would buy (except
for the encryption stuff).

> Thank you in advance for any help, and I will post a summary of responses
> and results when I get these issues resolved.
> 
> Thanks,
> John McGinn
> 


Chris Kloiber