[98838] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RH 5.2: error in exec of second stage loader
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Nugent)
Tue Nov 10 19:40:50 1998
To: Chuck Milam <milam@uwosh.edu>
Cc: Redhat Email List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: message-id <Pine.GSO.4.02.9811100941030.897-100000@epsilon>
of Tue, Nov 10 09:45:33 1998
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:23:57 +1000
From: Tony Nugent <Tony.Nugent@usq.edu.au>
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On Tue Nov 10 1998 at 09:45, Chuck Milam wrote:
> I've downloaded and burned a RedHat 5.2 CD from ftp.cdrom.com.
>
> Whether I boot from the CD, or use the install floppy, I get the same
> error after CD-Rom initialization stage of the install on virtual console
> #3:
>
> * method selection completed
> * state saved to /tmp
> * error in exec of second stage loader :-(
> * error:Permisson denied
Check my mini-HOWTO for making RedHat installation CDROMs at:
http://www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff/tony/linux/
> Any ideas what could be causing the "error in exec of second stage loader
> :-(" above?
It sounds like the permissions on the files in the RedHat/instimage/*
subdirectories are not set at executable, the symlinks in there are broken
or missing, or that the iso image wasn't created with RockRidge extensions.
Cheers
Tony
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