"unable to retrieve" RedHat/base/netstg2.img during FTP/HTTP install (Was: RE: recognizing/reading from a USB CD-ROM drive during install)

["Ed McCorduck" <Ed McCorduck Cortland edu>]

I've created a boot diskette and a network driver diskette using the
bootdisk.img and drvnet.img files I got from
http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/images/ to do either
an FTP or an HTTP install of RH9. I specify the target directory of the
RH9 image files as pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/ as per the
instructions at 
http://www.redhat.com/download/howto_download.html#boot but I'm always
getting an "unable to retrieve" the file netstg2.img error message.
What's more, apparently when the setup program goes to search for the
RH9 images, it inserts an extra "/" after the FTP site name and the
string "/RedHat/base/netstg2.img" into whatever I type as the Red Hat
directory, i.e. after I type in the location above for the RH9 image
files it tells me "Unable to retrieve
http://ftp.redhat.com//pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/RedHat/base/netstg
2.img" or "Unable to retrieve
ftp://ftp.redhat.com//pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/RedHat/base/netstg2
.img" (I also tested the directory listed in the graphic at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/s1-b
egininstall-ftp.html and I got the same kind of result, i.e. it told me
""Unable to retrieve
http://updates.redhat.com//pub/mirrors/redhat/i386/RedHat/base/netstg2.i
mg").

Does this sound like a programming error in the RH9 boot or network
driver files? If so, I'm too much of a newbie to be able to attempt to
reprogram the files or anything like that, nor would I know how to
manipulate the site or directory names I enter during installation
enough to get me to where I need to go, so I'm asking for your help.
Thanks in advance. 

Ed McCorduck
Department of English
State University of New York College at Cortland 
ed mccorduck cortland edu 
http://mccorduck.cortland.edu
ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager/ 
AIM: EdMcCorduck

 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed McCorduck 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 6:24 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: recognizing/reading from a USB CD-ROM drive 
> during install
> 
> 
> One more thing I should mention: I *did* create a driver disk 
> containing the drvblock.img file and I did do "linux dd" at 
> beginning of the installation. As the graphical mode started, 
> a message "Loading usb-storage driver..." flashed by and then 
> at the prompts I put in the driver diskette. I then got the 
> "No devices of the appropriate type were found on this driver 
> disk" Error dialog box. I selected the option "Manually 
> choose" the driver, but I saw nothing that I recognized as 
> compatible or even generic in the Select Driver to Load box 
> that came next. I went back to "Continue" away but again my 
> SCSI/USB/external CD-ROM drive (whose drive letter is E: in 
> Windows) wasn't recognized. 
> 
> 
> Ed McCorduck
> Department of English
> State University of New York College at Cortland 
> ed mccorduck cortland edu 
> http://mccorduck.cortland.edu
> ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager/ 
> AIM: EdMcCorduck
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed McCorduck
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 5:57 AM
> > To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> > Subject: RE: recognizing/reading from a USB CD-ROM drive 
> > during install
> > 
> > 
> > To follow up on my own issue, it seems that my BIOS doesn't
> > recognize my SCSI/USB drive at all (nor my internal CD-ROM 
> > drive, either, for that matter). Only after my computer has 
> > booted into Windows, it seems, does my external CD-ROM drive 
> > become useable. Forgive my newbieness, but is this usual? And 
> > more importantly, is there a way to configure my BIOS to 
> > recognize my USB CD-ROM drive right from the start? This 
> > would be ideal since I could then--theoretically--run the RH9 
> > installation boot disk I've burned onto a CD from it (either 
> > automatically or by running autoboot.bat). Again, my BIOS is 
> > PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0. 
> > 
> > 
> > Ed McCorduck
> > Department of English
> > State University of New York College at Cortland
> > ed mccorduck cortland edu 
> > http://mccorduck.cortland.edu
> > ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager/ 
> > AIM: EdMcCorduck
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> > > [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Ed
> > > McCorduck
> > > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 5:50 AM
> > > To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> > > Subject: recognizing/reading from a USB CD-ROM drive 
> during install
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi, last year I purchased Red Hat Linux 7.3 Personal and 
> > > successfully installed it onto a notebook. Now I'm trying 
> to install 
> > > RH 7.3 onto a desktop computer using the same 
> installation CDs I got 
> > > with my purchase and that I used with the notebook. This desktop 
> > > computer has a internal CD-ROM drive that no longer functions and 
> > > Panasonic KXL-840a external CD-ROM drive connected to the 
> computer 
> > > through one of its USB ports. This drive functions 
> perfectly, albeit 
> > > a little slowly, under Windows which is currently the only OS
> > > on the computer.
> > > 
> > > First, I tried monkeying with the desktop's BIOS settings 
> to try to 
> > > get it to be able to boot from the external CD-ROM drive, but I 
> > > couldn't figure out how to do that (it has PhoenixBIOS 
> 4.0 Release 
> > > 6.0). I'm sure it doesn't already boot from this drive 
> since I had 
> > > burned the RH 7.3 installation boot diskette onto a CD, 
> put this in 
> > > the drive and restarted the computer, and even though 
> this CD spun 
> > > in the drive the computer never booted to it.
> > > 
> > > So I created an installation boot diskette following the 
> directions 
> > > in the RH 7.3 Installation Guide. I then tried installing 
> RH using 
> > > this diskette, but after inserting the RH Installation CD 
> 1 into the 
> > > external drive and choosing the "Local CDROM" option at the 
> > > Installation Method screen, next I get the "The Red Hat 
> Linux CD was 
> > > not found in any of your CDROM drives" error message. (I even 
> > > ejected and reinserted the CD for good measure.)
> > > 
> > > Poking around this forum and the RH support site, I came upon the 
> > > document
> > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-
> > guide/ch-d
> > riverdisk.html, and from it I took that I ought to create a
> > driver diskette. I did so, booted from the original 
> > installation diskette, dutifully typed in "linux dd" as the 
> > opening screen of the installation boot diskette directed me, 
> > and then inserted this "driver disk" when the installation 
> > asked for it. But then when I came again to the Installation 
> > Method and told it I was installing from a "Local CDROM," 
> > once again I got the "The Red Hat Linux CD was not found in 
> > any of your CDROM drives" message. 
> > 
> > So this is where I'm stuck. Any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> > 
> > Ed McCorduck
> > Department of English
> > State University of New York College at Cortland
> > ed mccorduck cortland edu 
> > http://mccorduck.cortland.edu
> > ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager/ 
> > AIM: EdMcCorduck
> > 
> > 
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