Re: How do I install from Hard Drive

[Christopher Fisk <chrisf mhonline net>]

>I can not get my CDROM to work at the same time as my hard drive when I use
>the Redhat boot and supp disks. So I copied the \REDHAT directory from my
>redhat 5.0 CD to the hard drive (using DOS). Now.... How can I install
>Linux from the hard drive without using the Redhat install disks? 
>
>I tried three different versions of the boot/supp disks.
>
>	5.0 crashes on my system (will not even boot)
>	5.1 works up until I insert the supp disk. Then after I select
>	    the install option it constantly seeks on the floppy and is 
>	    stuck. I tried multiple copies so I know the floppy is good.
>	5.2 boot disk can not find some lib file. This may be 
>	    because the 5.0 stuff I have is just too different 
>	    than the 5.2 version
>
>Soooo.... Is there a way I can do the install from DOS without using the
>Redhat boot/supp disks???
>
>I know the hardware is OK because I can move the disk to another system,
>load RH5.0, return the disk to my system and it works fine. Unfortunately I
>no longer have the other system to play with....


I don't know if these options will work BUT....  the redhat 5.2 cdrom is
bootable... meaning it you change it in the bios then your computer can
boot from the cdrom itself w/o need for the boot and supp disks.

2) you can boot into dos, goto the cdrom drive /dosutils and run autoboot.

both of these opions will boot yuour system into the setup w/o the
boot/supp disks.

Chris
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