Re: Bad boot disk for RH 6.1????????????

["Andy Firman" <travel rogershsa com>]

Great stuff thanks!!!

A couple more things if you don't mind:
I did the FAT 16 so I could copy the proper redhat files to the hard drive
to try to boot from hard drive.  Could not figure that one out.

What I have on my HD is C: Active Pri DOS of 2014Mbytes FAT32 33% usage
(win98 sits here)
And I have  C: 2 EXT DOS 2000Mbytes (no format) 33% just sitting there
There is a logical drive in EXT DOS partition D: 2000Mbytes FAT 16 100%
(This one I create for the copy of files from cdrom to try the hard drive
boot)
Can I boot from there and install on the C:2 EXT DOS ?
How do I format the C:2 EXT DOS ??

So I got lots of stuff here I can't figure out and I DO have the redhat 6.1
CD:

1. ATAPI CDROM that Linux will not see even if I do linux hdc=cdrom.
2. Unable to boot from CDROM.
3. Bad boot disk that I need to make a new one.
4. Attempting to boot from hard disk and don't know where to install redhat
6.1
5. Do not know how to use the C:2 EXT DOS partition.

Seems like I am going in many different directions...and this is taking me
days:-(
What a learning curve.

PLEASE give me more direction.
Anyone contact me on the list or off the list please.
Thanks,
Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Watt" <cnww chebucto ns ca>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: Bad boot disk for RH 6.1????????????


> At 01:06 PM 3/8/01 -0900, Andy wrote:
>
> >Loading initrd.img.................
> >            vm linuz ......
> >Boot failed: please change disks and press any key to continue.
> >
> >Arrrrggghhh!!  Is this a bad boot disk?
>
> Yes. That and/or a bad floppy drive. Floppy disks have a tendency to do
> that. Try to avoid them myself.
>
> >So now I try to make a new boot disk....I need help here as well please!!
>
> In windows the easyist way to do this is to download the dosutils and
> images directorys for the version of Redhat you plan to install, copy the
> boot image you plan to use (I assume bootnet.img, since AFAIK there is no
> reason to make a boot disk unless either you're installing over a network
> or the machine does not currently have a working copy of either DOS,
> Windows or Linux) to the same directory you put the rawrite.exe file (part
> of dosutils) in, stick a blank 1.44mb floppy in drive A:, pull up a
command
> prompt in the directory where rawrite is and type "rawrite -f bootnet.img
> -d a -n" and then sit back for 30 secs or so while it makes you a disk.
>
> >I have win98 on a 2GB partition.  I have a FAT16 2GB partition I am
trying
> to >put RH6.1 onto.
>
> I would hope that you do not actually mean what I think you mean. FAT16 is
> a filesystem which is just fine, for storing files in DOS or Windows. It
> does not have the capability to store simlinks, hard links, or UNIX style
> file permissions and ownership. As such it is (for a new user) nearly
> impossible to actually install a UNIX like operating system (e.g. Linux)
on
> this filesystem and then have it work afterwards. This gets even worse
when
> you consider that Redhat usually expects to have (at least) one partition
> (preferably ext2) to store its files on and another swap partition to use
> for virtual memory (it is possible to do it all on one partition, but it
> slows things down a bit).
>
> Thankfully you can use the RH installer program to delete your FAT16
> partition and create a more apropriate partition set for you without
> touching your existing FAT32 partition(s).
>
> >I also have an ATAPI CDROM that linux will not see no matter what I do
>
> This is an interesting situation, but I'm not sure why it should be an
> installation issue if you don't have a Redhat cd. You can deal with this
> later, probably you just need to compile in support for something that
> isn't in the kernel on your boot disk.
>
> >In MSDOS I go in there and go to dosutils and then use rawrite and the
> machine >just sits there.
>
> If you have a Redhat install cd, and are able to access it in DOS, then
> there is (AFAICT) no reason to use rawrite at all. Just run the autoboot
> script and it will start installing Linux off the cd. Better yet if you
> have a somewhat modern computer, go into your BIOS and tell the machine to
> boot off the cd-rom drive.
> If you do not have a Redhat install cd, you can probably make your life a
> great deal easier by getting one. You can have any friend who has both a
> fast internet connection and a cd-burner download the Redhat 6.2 main iso
> file for you and burn it to a cd, typically this costs between $0.75 and
> $2.00. For just a little more you can order a cd on the Internet (e.g.
> cheapbytes.com lists the basic Redhat 6.2 install cd for $1.99 and the
full
> 5-cd set for Redhat 7 for $7.49).
>
> Hope (some of) this helps :)
> --
>
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> "Microsoft?" is the question.
> NO! (or Linux) is the answer.
>
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