[2673] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat 4.0 installation from HD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reinhold J. Gerharz)
Mon Nov 4 22:13:45 1996
From: rgerharz@erols.com (Reinhold J. Gerharz)
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Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 02:16:38 GMT
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In comp.os.linux.setup, rgerharz@erols.com (Reinhold J. Gerharz)
wrote:
>The Red Hat install diskettes mount the "install from hard drive"
>source drive as type "msdos". Therein lies the problem.
>I tried the ftp install but was blocked by my fire wall. Unlike
>Debian, Red Hat does not let you specify username. Thus I could not
>connect to my proxy as user "anonymous@ftp.redhat.com" as is required
>to tell my proxy where the REAL ftp site is.
>After this, I ftp mirrored the redhat-4.0 directory to an optical
>drive to take home. I used the ext2 file system. That was when I
>discovered that the install program mounts an msdos volume. To
>preserve filenames, I converted the optical drive to umsdos to see if
>this would work. It didn't. I did not want to convert it to msdos and
>end up losing all the filenames, so I finally mounted the optical
>drive on another computer and used it as an ftp server to install on
>my target computer. (Not a good solution to someone who only has one
>computer!)
>Reinhold
>(deleted) wrote:
>>After having been a slackware fan for long time, I finally gave a try to
>>RedHat. I heard many good stories about it especially regarding upgrading.
>>So I downloaded RedHat 4.0 (i386) from the school and copied everything to
>>a hard disk (only one Linux partition on it) so that I can bring it home
>>and install on my home computer.
>>Currently slackware 3.1 is installed at /dev/hda6 and /dev/hda7 is my
>>swap partition. I plugged in the new HD and boot from the boot disk and
>>followed the instruction to insert the supp disk.
>>Everything went ok, (It booted, recognized /dev/hda6 and /dev/hda7) until
>>the screen headed "Components to Install". I chose most of it and marked
>>(*) on the "Select individual packages" option. Then I chose "Ok". The
>>system then IMMEIDATELY REBOOTS. It also shows the message "rebooting" at
>>the right down corner. I thought it was normal process. So I waited and
>>nothing happened. It's like I didn't do anything. It comes back to
>>previous slackware. So I tried again for several times just to reboot at
>>the same point. I am sure I am doing something wrong. I read the User's
>>Guide, FAQ, and HOWTO, but cannot solve this problem. Can anybody help me
>>on this? I am very eager to try RedHat, but it won't give me chance.
>>Thank you in advance.
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