Re: installing redhat on IBM thinkpad iseries 1200

[Shayan Ghazizadeh <shayan cs umd edu>]

 > > 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.

No the CD is fine. I can install on other machines using the same CD!

 > 
 > > 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.

Well, the problem is that the machine does not have a floppy drive.

Shayan