Re: installing from hard disk

[Chris Hewitt <g0pae manordat demon co uk>]

Behnaz,

Do you really need to do a hard drive installation? Is there not a CDROM 
drive on your computer?

Just a thought.

Chris

behnaz wrote:

> Hi Rick
> Thanks for your reply ,but I don't linux on my computer that can use dd
> command
> I have windows 95 and I am trying to install linux too.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Date: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: installing from hard disk
>
>
> > behnaz wrote:
> >
> > > hi
> > > Thanks for your reply .How I must copy cd in iso form.
> > Stick the CD in a drive, but DON'T MOUNT IT!  Then, find a spot
> > on your hard drive where you can store the ISO image and "cd" to
> > that spot.  Then use this command:
> >
> > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=name-of-iso-file bs=2k
> >
> > replacing "name-of-iso-file" with the name of the file you wish to
> > copy the CD to.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>
> > > To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> > > Date: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:02 PM
> > > Subject: Re: installing from hard disk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:45:07 +0330
> > > > "behnaz" <shirazi dpiran net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > I am trying to install redhat 7.1 from hard disk . I have win98 also
> > > > > in computer.I have created a boot floppy diskette. and I have copied
> > > > > content of my cdrom into hard disk ( c:\redhat) I begin to install
> > > > > ,but when I want give the path of my content of cd in hard disk , I
> > > > > get this error: Device dose not appear to contain Red Hat CDROM
> > > > > images.
> > > > >
> > > > > but I am sure that I have copied my content of cdrom in that path .
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Have you any idea??
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > behnaz shirazi
> > > > It used to work the way you're trying to do it. Now it requires the CD
> > > > copy be in the iso form, not individual files. Not sure when that
> > > > changed, but I know I did a couple of releases with files a few years
> > > > back.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > C:\WINDOWS\RUN    C:\SYSTEM\CRASH
> > > >
> > > >
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