Upgrading to RHEL 4

[Smith, Albert]

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> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of 
> Rick Stevens
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 2:33 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Upgrading to RHEL 4
> 
> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 19:20 +0000, jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 03:07 +0000, jlopes151 at comcast.net wrote:
> > > > Ok so I have downloaded the *.iso files now what? I 
> don't yet know 
> > > > enough
> > > about Linx to use these files. Can anyone help?
> > > 
> > > You can burn the files to CDs and install from there.  That's 
> > > probably the easiest way.
> > > 
> > > Are you currently running Linux?  If so, what version?  
> Can you post 
> > > the output of the "dmesg" command?
> > > 
> > 
> > I ran the dmesg command the output is in the attached file. 
> I tried to burn a cd using the cdrecord command.
> > Found the cdrom dev values with -scanbus option. I have two 
> cds drives on this machine one wouldn't mount the other 
> appears to work. The command executes and runs with a number 
> of messages but when I acces the cd nothing is there. 
> > 
> > Here's the command
> > mkisofs -R -o /vzr/tmp/myhome.cd /home/myhome cdrecord 
> -scanbus (see 
> > attached fiel scanbus.txt) cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -data 
> > /var/tmp/myhome.cd
> 
> Yes, that's right.  The LiteON is a DVD-RW (I have one too).  
> The other device appears to be a simple DVD reader:
> 
> 	hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
> 	hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> 
> Now, as far as burning the .iso images you downloaded, the 
> command you want to use is:
> 
> 	cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 /path/to/iso/file
> 
> Repeat that for each .iso you downloaded.  When you're done, 
> you should be able to take the CD you burned for the first 
> .iso file and boot right off it.
> 
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I would also check to make sure the ISO is good before doing the burn:

mount -o loop path_to_iso mount_point

Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT  
Genex Services
440 E. Swedesford Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087
albert.smith at genexservices.com
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