Re: Small Problems

[Thorsten Strusch <tst nc-ag de>]

Hi Ben,

Ben Ocean wrote:
> 
> Hi;
> I've built RH71 on a new box. This is my first install, although I've been
> running an RH box for a while. I had an error on install that the box
> wouldn't allow me to develop a boot disk, so I ran the following:
> 
> dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
> dd: opening '/dev/fd0': Read-only file system
> rdev /boot/vmlinuz
> Root device /dev/sde1

I think you logged in as a normal user?
Try it as root.

If you want to  create a bootdisk, try mkbootdisk. 
Its shipped with 7.1 and allowes you to add kernel-parameters...

> I also had an error during the install with regard to the ethernet
> connection (eth0). The box does have an ethernet card.

Which card do you use? Whats the output from ifconfig -a ?
To few hints, sorry.

hth
	Thorsten