Re: newbie need help

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:32:00 +0100
"Shepherd, Dave" <Dave Shepherd compass-group co uk> wrote:

> Jack,
> 
>   No help to you I know, but I've got exactly the same problem. Please
>   let me know if you get anywhere with it, and I'll do the same for
>   you.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jack jones [mailto:jackjonesq hotmail com]
> Sent: 15 June 2002 06:14
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: newbie need help
> 
> 
> i'm so anxious to install red hat, however i've run into a bit of a
> snag.  I've downloaded the three isoz. I've created a boot disk that
> works.  I don't know what to do now.  I want to get rid of windows 98
> and use rh as my sole OS. I did this by formatting the hard drive.  My
> problem is that what do i do with the isoz.  I extracted them and
> burned them to cd but my system did not detect a redhat cd on my
> cd-rom, so i tried just burning the iso directly on a cd, however this
> gave me the same results as mentioned above.  Please help me.

For both:

Don't extract the contents and burn them to CD. Why, I don't know, but
the installer won't see them as valid CDs if you do.

Whatever CD writing software you use needs to burn them as raw files or
whatever term it uses. In essence, the burning software needs to burn
the entire file as a disc copy. Even burning it as a data file won't
work. If, after burning, you mount the disc and see the name of the iso,
you have chosen the wrong option.

Another way is to make a partition big enough to hold all of the isos,
start the installer, and point it to where they are. It will work with
that (the option is "hard drive" or somesuch).

Sorry Jack (and maybe Dave, I'm not sure). You'll need to reinstall
windoze to get a good burn. You can leave it there, burn the CDs and run
the installer to check them without having to wipe the drive. Run the
mediacheck and if everything passes, let the installer wipe the drive
for you.

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