Re: RedHat 7.1 refusing to cleanly install

["mikeyw" <mikeyw sohogurus net>]

Agree - CD is bad. Bet a beer on that one.

Mike Wafkowski


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Hargraves" <kh nelson hedland edu au>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.1 refusing to cleanly install


>
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> > >         Ensure that the bios and RH agree on the size and type of
(IDE)
> >
> > Hi,
> >  ... how do I find out, what the BIOS and RH think that the
> > disk characteristics on my IDE Disk (Samsung .. 6,402 MB) are ..
>
> you should see what is reported in the bios - general
> characteristics or some such heading
>
> You should be able to auto-detect the disk or enter the
> relevant disk parameters
>
> > until it crashed about 3 weeks ago , didn't ... and after these
> > broken 7.1 installs I installed RH *6.2* with no problems into
> > the same disk partitions where I installed 7.1 before ...
>
> try the above and then attempt a 6.2 install.  If that
> works ok then attempt a 7.1 install.  If 7.1 fails
> to install then I would suspect corruption of the
> cd image and obtan a fresh 7.1 cd from an alternative
> source.
>
>
> Trond Eivind Glomsrø wrote
>
> > I would highly recommend asking questions about (and discussing) Red
> > Hat Linux 7.1 on the seawolf-list instead of here.
>
> ...mmmm I'm not convinced its a 7.1 issue per se
>
> cheers,
>
> Kyle Hargraves
>
>
>
>
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