Re: installing redhat on IBM thinkpad iseries 1200

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 23:06:22 -0500
Shayan Ghazizadeh <shayan cs umd edu> blurted:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I am trying to install redhat 7.2 on a IBM thinkpad machine. It should
> be easy, right? I have done this installation process on different
> machines a couple of different times. The problem is, when I insert
> the CD and try to boot the install process, the system (for some
> reason) gives a "boot failed" message and stops. Any ideas why?

Is this the same CD that worked on another machine? If not, it might be
bad.

> I tried to move around the boot from CD. I boot my machine with a DOS
> disk and try to load the kernel using the "loadlin" program. The
> kernel image (vmlinuz) and the initrd.img are loaded correctly. Then,
> it identifies the hard disks and other system info and tries to mount
> the root! But, there is no partition to be mounted as root. Should I
> mount the cdrom as the root or what? Is there any way I can avoid this
> mount process and continue with the install. And generally, when
> installing from the CD and before partitioning the hard disk what is
> mounted as the root.
> 
> Sorry for this long email!
> Shayan 

Try making a boot disk (install type) using an image file in /images
(unix) or \images (do$) off of the CD. It's made with the file rawrite
in /dosutils or \dosutils. The instructions on use are on the CD. That
makes a bootable install disk. But, if the CD is bad, it might still
give you problem depending on what is wrong with it.

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