Re: Installation Problem for LInux 7.2

["Alex Meaden" <alex meaden net>]

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From: "abazaz" <abazaz vt edu>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: Installation Problem for LInux 7.2


> Hi
>
> I have a Server which has RAID and SCSI set up on it. It has RED HAT 6.0
on
> it. I wanted to install RED HAT 7.2 on it. I have CD's of RED HAT.
>
> The problem is that i am unable to boot from CD's. I checked the BIOS and
all
> and it has an option of booting from CDROM and that is enabled.
>
> I have official distribution of Mandrake and it does not even boot from
it.
> Now i tried windows and windows boots from CD ROM which is quite strange.
>
> Can anybody tell me if i am missing something in BIOS or somewhere.
Please.

If the Server boots from the Windows CD, then it must be set correctly in
the BIOS. Have you checked that the Linux CDs work by trying to boot from
them on another system?

HTH,

Alex.


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Mr Alex Meaden
Computer Science Undergraduate
University of Kent at Canterbury
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