Re: Problem while installing RH9

[Brian Ashe <rhlist dee-web com>]

Együd Csaba,

On Saturday May 31, 2003 12:27, Együd Csaba wrote:
> Hello,
> I'd like to set up RH9 on my Compaq Presario 920EA notebook. I've
> downloaded the binary iso images and burned the cd-s under WinXP. The disk
> boots the system, which asks me about the language of the installation
> process and my keyboard layout. Then it asks me about the installation
> media to use. When I press Enter on Local CDROM, it says that there isn't
> any RedHat Install CD-ROM in any of my local CDROM drives.

Looks like a common problem with Compaq laptops...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/37233

You might want to see if some of the advice posted there helps you.

> What can be the problem. Can it be that the integrity of the image is bad?

Probably not. This is common when the installer cannot detect the CD-ROM drive 
properly (the bios is what loaded the installer.)

> Can a demaged CD ROM be bootable?

Yes.

> How can I check the integrirty of an iso image undre XP?

There is an md5 sum check program for windows available here...
http://www.etree.org/md5com.html

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Brian Ashe                                                     CTO
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