I downloaded the RedHat directory onto /dev/hda2 in /ftp/pub/linux/starbuck/i386/RedHat. The boot.img's installer does not recognize this directory when I type in its path (/ftp/pub/linux/starbuck/i386) during the installation sequence. If I move that directory, instead, to simply /RedHat, the installer correctly recognizes the directory when I type in the path (just "/"). This particular problem is with Starbuck 5.9.7. I did not have this problem at all with 5.9.0. One of my friends has confirmed this error on his own machine, which has rather different hardware than mine.
hard drive install issues?
Fixed in 5.9.8