Bug 67547
| Summary: | CD changes the files that reads | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Javier Perez <informatica> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Arjan van de Ven <arjanv> |
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Brian Brock <bbrock> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 7.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i686 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2004-09-30 15:39:42 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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1) Which kernel version are you running ? 2) Is this an IDE cdrom drive ? 1) The kernel version is 2.4.9 2) It is an IDE CD-ROM Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem persists. The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/ |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98) Description of problem: I have explained this in Red Hat Support (ticket 207442) and thay have told me to open a bug report: We have a DELL poweredge 6450 and we have problems when we read any cd-rom: the files appear changed. We have copied some programs from a cd, and then we have transmitted to the machive via ftp. The results are different. We have substituted this cd, and we have passed extensive Dell hardware tests. All of them have succeeded. Also we have tested different cd's with the same problem, and finally we have successfully started up the machine with an NT startup cd. All points to Linux as the source of the problem. I have compared both files and the result is surprising: in some ocasions some characters appeared changed. There always the some characters substituted by the same characters, but not every time: v turns into ~, 2 turns into :, m turns into }, s turns into { This is not always the case: depending on the file sometimes it affects to other characters (see reproducibility). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Put CD 1 of Red Hat Distribution in CD 2.mount /dev/cdrom 3.less /mnt/cdrom/README Actual Results: I did this test because Red Hat Support told me to do it. This is the result I got: Red Hat Linux/Intel 7.1sbe (Seawolf) ==================================== The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Red Hat, Inc. and others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by Red Hat, Inc. are as noted in the file COPYING. Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. ============================================================================ DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION Red Hat Linux is delivered on two CDROMs (disc 1 and disc 2). Disc 1 can be directly b^?oted into the installation on most modern PCs, and contains the following directory structure: /mnt/redhat |----> RedHat | |----> RPMS -- binary packages | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat | Linux used by the installation process |----> images -- b^?ot and ramdisk images |----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS |----> COPYING -- copyright information |----> README -- this file `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat The directory layout of disc 2 is as follows: /mnt/redhat |----> RedHat | `----> RPMS -- additional binary packages |----> SRPMS -- source packages (more are on the dedicated | SRPMS CD) |----> preview -- alpha and beta level packages (source | and binary) for the adventurous user |----> COPYING -- copyright information |----> README -- this file `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat If you are setting up an image for NFS, FTP, HTTP, or Hard Drive installations, you need to get everything from the RedHat directory from both CDs. On Linux and Unix, the following process will properly set up the /target/directory on your server for installing Red Hat. 1) Insert disc 1 2) mount /mnt/cdrom 3) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory 4) umount /mnt/cdrom 5) Replace disc 1 with disc 2 6) mount /mnt/cdrom 7) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory 8) umount /mnt/cdrom ============================================================================ INSTALLING There are three separate boot images for booting your system; you will need one of them to boot your system into the Red Hat installation and upgrade process. For CDROM and hard drive installs, use the boot.img file (most Red Hat boxed sets include this floppy already; just b^?ot it!). NFS, ftp, and http installations requires the bootnet.img floppy, which is available in the images directory. Installs through PCMCIA adapters (such as for PCMCIA CDROM or networking cards) need the pcmcia.img floppy. Many systems will require additional device drivers that are not available on the b^?^?t floppy. The images directory contains a drivers.img file which contains many extra drivers. Put its contents onto a floppy before beginning the installation process, and follow the on-screen instructions. If you did not receive the necessary floppy disks with this product, the images for these disks are in the images directory. Either the rawrite program in the dosutils directory or 'dd' under any Unix like system can be used to transfer the image to physical floppies. Once the diskette has been made, insert the b^?^?t disk and b^?ot your machine. Many computers can now automatically boot from CDROMs. If you have one and it is properly configured, you can boot the Red Hat Linux CDROM directly without using any floppy disks. After b^?oting, you'll be able to install your system from the CDROM. Note that booting from a CDROM is equivalent to booting the boot.img file, and additional drivers may still be required. ============================================================================ GETTING HELP For those that have web access, see http://www.redhat.com. In particular, access to our mailing lists can be found at: http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists If you don't have web access you can still subscribe to the main mailing list. To subscribe, send mail to seawolf-list-request with subscribe in the subject line. you can leave the body empty. [root@bdpq_proves oracle]# cp /mnt/cdrom/README /tmp Red Hat Linux/Intel 7.1sbe (Seawolf) ==================================== The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Red Hat, Inc. and others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by Red Hat, Inc. are as noted in the file COPYING. Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. ============================================================================ DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION Red Hat Linux is delivered on two CDROMs (disc 1 and disc 2). Disc 1 can be directly b^?oted into the installation on most modern PCs, and contains the following directory structure: /mnt/redhat |----> RedHat | |----> RPMS -- binary packages | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat | Linux used by the installation process |----> images -- b^?ot and ramdisk images ... Expected Results: Red Hat Linux/Intel 7.1sbe (Seawolf) ==================================== The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Red Hat, Inc. and others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by Red Hat, Inc. are as noted in the file COPYING. Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. ============================================================================ DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION Red Hat Linux is delivered on two CDROMs (disc 1 and disc 2). Disc 1 can be directly booted into the installation on most modern PCs, and contains the following directory structure: /mnt/redhat |----> RedHat | |----> RPMS -- binary packages | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat | Linux used by the installation process |----> images -- boot and ramdisk images |----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS |----> COPYING -- copyright information |----> README -- this file `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat The directory layout of disc 2 is as follows: /mnt/redhat |----> RedHat | `----> RPMS -- additional binary packages |----> SRPMS -- source packages (more are on the dedicated | SRPMS CD) |----> preview -- alpha and beta level packages (source | and binary) for the adventurous user |----> COPYING -- copyright information |----> README -- this file `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat If you are setting up an image for NFS, FTP, HTTP, or Hard Drive installations, you need to get everything from the RedHat directory from both CDs. On Linux and Unix, the following process will properly set up the /target/directory on your server for installing Red Hat. 1) Insert disc 1 2) mount /mnt/cdrom 3) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory 4) umount /mnt/cdrom 5) Replace disc 1 with disc 2 6) mount /mnt/cdrom 7) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory 8) umount /mnt/cdrom ============================================================================ INSTALLING There are three separate boot images for booting your system; you will need one of them to boot your system into the Red Hat installation and upgrade process. For CDROM and hard drive installs, use the boot.img file (most Red Hat boxed sets include this floppy already; just boot it!). NFS, ftp, and http installations requires the bootnet.img floppy, which is available in the images directory. Installs through PCMCIA adapters (such as for PCMCIA CDROM or networking cards) need the pcmcia.img floppy. Many systems will require additional device drivers that are not available on the boot floppy. The images directory contains a drivers.img file which contains many extra drivers. Put its contents onto a floppy before beginning the installation process, and follow the on-screen instructions. If you did not receive the necessary floppy disks with this product, the images for these disks are in the images directory. Either the rawrite program in the dosutils directory or 'dd' under any Unix like system can be used to transfer the image to physical floppies. Once the diskette has been made, insert the boot disk and boot your machine. Many computers can now automatically boot from CDROMs. If you have one and it is properly configured, you can boot the Red Hat Linux CDROM directly without using any floppy disks. After booting, you'll be able to install your system from the CDROM. Note that booting from a CDROM is equivalent to booting the boot.img file, and additional drivers may still be required. ============================================================================ GETTING HELP For those that have web access, see http://www.redhat.com. In particular, access to our mailing lists can be found at: http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists If you don't have web access you can still subscribe to the main mailing list. To subscribe, send mail to seawolf-list-request with subscribe in the subject line. you can leave the body empty. [root@bdpq_proves oracle]# cp /mnt/cdrom/README /tmp Red Hat Linux/Intel 7.1sbe (Seawolf) ==================================== The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Red Hat, Inc. and others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by Red Hat, Inc. are as noted in the file COPYING. Red Hat and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. ============================================================================ DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION Red Hat Linux is delivered on two CDROMs (disc 1 and disc 2). Disc 1 can be directly booted into the installation on most modern PCs, and contains the following directory structure: /mnt/redhat |----> RedHat | |----> RPMS -- binary packages | `----> base -- information on this release of Red Hat | Linux used by the installation process |----> images -- boot and ramdisk images ... Here it shows the same results that appear when reading directly from cd-rom. As you can see I get no errors while reading or copying this file, but the result is wrong. Additional info: Note the word boot: it appears "corrupted". I get no errors while reading or copying this file, but the result is wrong.