Bug 10047 - floppy 6.1 is NOT compatible with CD 6.1
Summary: floppy 6.1 is NOT compatible with CD 6.1
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Michael Fulbright
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-03-08 07:16 UTC by Ecky Ropohl
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-06-12 18:21:39 UTC
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Description Ecky Ropohl 2000-03-08 07:16:41 UTC
CD states being 6.1 but identifies itself as 6.0 during installation
process in plain text (F6 generates a colored ANACONDA).
Installation asks for "drivers" that it looks up on floppy but "doesn't
exist"; dies after few minutes in black/white vertical stripes, then white
blank screen and FREEZE.
GUI is NOT available as advertised.
ISBN 1-58569-014-7
Official redHat Linux 6.1 DELUXE
Linux Floppy part # 10366
Linux CD # 10363-1-2 & 10363-2

>>SYSTEM:
SiS-530 MoBo 64MB SDRAM with on-board sound & vga
CPU AMD K-6-III 400MHz
HDD IDE/ATA 10G, 2G, 1.2G
CD IDE/ATA SAF RD-W

Comment 1 Erik Troan 2000-04-14 20:34:59 UTC
You seem to have gotten a bad CDROM or floppy. Have you tried booting the cd, or
making a floppy from the cd?

Comment 2 Ecky Ropohl 2000-04-28 18:04:59 UTC
I HAVE NOT TRIED THAT - I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
So I return the package to the store, perhaps I'll get a set that WORKS.
This is my 4th version of LINUX that has a problem, including RedHat 6.0
and 6.1, only one worked (Mandrake) but is so different from all known
that I gave up getting on the internet, just to start with.


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