Bug 45705

Summary:	Failed to boot floppy for install
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <ipaterson>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2001-06-25 03:54:31 UTC

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Description of problem:
When trying to install RedHat 7.1, I rawrite'd the appropriate disk image 
to a disk, put it in a 486 computer and turned it on. The computer went 
through the ram check without problem, then looked at the floppy drive, 
appeared to acknoledge there was a disk, but then hung and didn't do 
anything.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rawrite a disk image to a disk
2. put the disk in the disk drive
3. turn on the computer
	

Actual Results:  The computer hung after the ram check.

Expected Results:  There should have been an installer screen that would 
come up, asking if I would like to go into the installation, expert mode, 
text mode, etc.

Additional info:

I tried multiple disks, and several different disk images, with no sucess. 
It is a 486 SX/33, with a 6x Mitsumi CD-ROM

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-06-25 14:17:17 UTC

Sounds like something is wrong with the floppy or the floppy drive.  Can you run
an md5sum check of the boot image that you used?

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-06-28 03:32:54 UTC

Yes, the md5sum was the same one as listed in the documentation. On further 
examination, I managed to deduce that it was the disk drive creating the disk, 
not the one reading it as I had thought.

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2001-07-06 04:37:19 UTC

So is the problem solved?

Comment 4 Need Real Name 2001-07-06 15:53:28 UTC

Sorry, yes it is.

Comment 5 Brent Fox 2001-07-07 20:50:08 UTC

Ok.  Good.  Thanks for your report.