Bug 116
| Summary: | Bug when installing 5.2 using a hard disk | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | eltzej |
| Component: | installer | Assignee: | David Lawrence <dkl> |
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 5.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 1998-11-18 12:36:59 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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this is a duplicate of 32. |
Good Morning! I downloaded the RedHat 5.2 version from one of your mirror FTPs and tried to install it on my PC. Environment: - Pentium PC, 32MB, no SCSI, no network I installed your previous RedHat versions in the same way, that means RedHat 5.0 and RedHat 5.1. All previous installations ran without any problem (I want to avoid that you think I am a bloody beginner with minimum knowledge of linux and Redhat). But your version 5.2 can not be installed by copying the files on hard disk. I copied the FTP files on the hard disk, using the following directory structure /hdc1: | +- linux -- RedHat +-- base | +-- RPMS I can start the installation by booting the boot disk and entering later the supplementary disk correctly. I can also set the mounting points with fdisk. I can also enter the mounting path for the RedHat directory (/linux). But then some strange things happen: your installation program recognises the RedHat directory (if I enter a mounting point different to /linux an error occurs that there is no redhat directory found), but it can not read the files as should. An error occurs that says that a directory can not be opened. So I can not continue with the installation. I tested the expert mode and also checked by switching the consoles (ALT-F2, ALT-F3, ...) the structure and the status of the installation process; the rhimage is empty, that means it is not mapped. To ensure that the bug is not system related I also tried the installation on a second computer - same failure. It must be a bug in your installation using a hard disk!! Best Regards, Jens P.S.: Can you inform me when the bug is fixed?