RE: RH9 install problem

[Alan Bort <333101 personal net py>]

problem 'solved'. it seems that I downloaded the images, and that
somewhen during this dload... they got corrupted...

I'm downloading them again. I'll start tonight and won't stop until I
finish...

El mar, 17-06-2003 a las 13:53, Otto Haliburton escribió:
> I just whipped out the old boot disk for RH9 and booted to the cd and
> the following abbreviated screen appeared
> To upgrade/install in graphical mode press enter
> To upgrade/install in text mode type linux text
> F1 ......
> Boot:_
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Alan Bort
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 12:36 PM
> To: RedHar - Install
> Subject: RE: RH9 install problem
> 
> well. hitting enter does not work. Sorry. Where can I get something like
> the MD5 SUM so I can check the CD's Integrity? and will that work on a
> iso image (note: I don't seem to have loopback compiled in the kernel).
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> El mar, 17-06-2003 a las 07:14, Otto Haliburton escribió:
> > Don't do anything just hit enter I believe
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> > [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Alan Bort
> > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:57 PM
> > To: RedHar - Install
> > Subject: RE: RH9 install problem
> > 
> > Ok, I was not clear enough...
> > 
> > I boot perfectly fine until the part where it asks the boot type
> > (rescue, driver disk,  linux, linux text, etc. I put 'linux' and ti
> > starts a text based GUI and puts a menu with four or five items: Hard
> > Disk | Local CDROM | FTP | HTTP | NFS image. I think that was it. If
> > there I chose CDROM it says that the CD in my drive is not the correct
> > one (I'm sure it's the 1st image). And if i try to boot from my hard
> > drive (I copied the release notes and the RedHat direcotry to a linux
> > native FS) it says that the HD install does not support GUI
> installation
> > and shuts down.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > El mar, 17-06-2003 a las 00:39, Otto Haliburton escribió:
> > > I not sure I understand the problem.  You are booting the media ok.
> > The
> > > first thing that it ask is to verify the media i.e. it will check
> the
> > > media to see if it is okay.  You are allowed to skip this check, but
> > the
> > > best thing is to accept the check and you can do that by just
> putting
> > > the cd's in the drive.  I don't believe that I have had the question
> > > "what kind of media to use"
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> > > [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Alan Bort
> > > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:11 PM
> > > To: RedHar - Install
> > > Subject: RH9 install problem
> > > 
> > > Hi List:
> > > 
> > > 	I am currently using Mandrake 9.1. Recently I tried to install
> > > XD2
> > > (Ximian Desktop 2) and failed due to a distro incompatibility
> problem.
> > > It turns out that XD2 is only available for RedHat. Anyway, for a
> > while
> > > now I've been wanting to try RedHat... I've heard very good comments
> > of
> > > it. So I downloaded the ISO images from a mirror (linux.org.ar)
> > > 
> > > 	Anyway... I had a few problems with the second image but this
> > > mail is
> > > about the first one. Now, I boot perfectly until it asks what kind
> of
> > > media I want to use as source. I tried both, Local CDROM and Hard
> > Disk.
> > > Neither one of them worked (that's the whole point of this mail).
> The
> > CD
> > > install says that it does not seem to be the correct CD... and the
> > hard
> > > disk says that in hd installation the GUI is not available. After
> that
> > > it just goes down, umounts everything and tells me it's ready to
> > reboot.
> > > Now... I'm shocked... I would have never expected something like
> this
> > > from RedHat... so I KNOW there is something I'm not doing right... 
> > > 
> > > 	I'd like any help you guys can provide me with... and I will
> > > sure
> > > apreciate every comment about my mail.
> > > 
> > > 	Excuse me for not aplying all the rules of a proper problem
> > > report
> > > mail. But this is my first time in this list... so I thought a
> little
> > > intro would help.
> > > 
> > > Thanks a lot.
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Alan Bort
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