Installation Problem

[Bob Taylor]

On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 13:01 -0700, junk email wrote:
> I am trying to install a RedHat 7.2 on an AlphaPC
> 164LX running SRM 5.8-1
> 
> Boot from Floppy:
> b dva0 -fi vmlinux.gz -fl "root=/dev/fd0
> load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1"
> ...
> running anaconda - please wait ...
> 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
> traceback (innermost last):
> file "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 31, in?
> if (os.path.exist('isys')):
> attributeerror: path
> install exited abnormally
> 
> 
> Boot from SCSI cd-rom:
> b dka500
> ...
> failed to send read to dka500
> 
> 
> Boot from IDE cd-rom:
> b dqa0
> ...
> failed to send read to dqa0
> 
> Any suggestion would be appreciated.

With your CD 1 in your CDROM drive:

    boot DKA500 -fi /kernels/vmlinux.gz -fl "root=/dev/sda1
initrd=images/cdrom.img" (no line wrap)

This is what I used on my 164LX. The docs on CD had cd-rom.img. The CD
has initrd at images/cdrom.img.
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brtaylor at sanfelipe.com.mx