RE: "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 got into ftp.redhat.com long enough (through another computer, not the
one I'm trying to put RH9 on) to poke around the directories, and I've
discovered that there's a netstg2.img file in the directory
/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/base. I take it this is where my
setup program ought to be looking to continue with the installation, but
how do I direct it to go there? It's still sticking an extra "/" and the
string "/RedHat/base/netstg2.img" into the directory path as I described
below.

 
Ed McCorduck
Department of English
117-A Old Main
753-2093
ed mccorduck cortland edu
http://mccorduck.cortland.edu
ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager/
AIM: EdMcCorduck


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed McCorduck 
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 6:08 AM
> To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
> Subject: "unable to retrieve" RedHat/base/netstg2.img during 
> FTP/HTTP install (Was: RE: recognizing/reading from a USB 
> CD-ROM drive during install)
> 
> 
> 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/b
> ase/netstg2.img" or "Unable to retrieve 
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com//pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/RedHat/ba
> se/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-begininstall-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.img").
> 
> 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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