Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 74386
install hangs when trying to do a fresh 7.3 install on a free partition
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:46:50 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98) Description of problem: i am trying to install redhat 7.3 in a partition on my 2nd harddrive (hdb). i want to boot to it via a floppy. the previous linux distro that was on this partition (suse 7.1) installed flawlessly. however, i have decided to give redhat a try and chose to install over (ie wipeout) the competing distro. during installation, the install failed and had me save the info to a floppy which i will be attaching to this post. i wanted to install redhat due to its reputation, however, if the install is indicative of the overall quality of redhat, i might be tempted to go back to my previous distro. doing a custom install, takes a long time to select 800+ packages. at least w/suse, i had the opportunity to save out my selections which allowed me to pick up where i left off in case i ran out of time or if something went wrong. it also recognized my desire to install on hdb and allowed me to set up a boot floppy which redhat, at this point, hasn't allowed me to do. since i am very new to linux, i would appreciate help in simple terms. thank you for taking the time to read this, i look forward to your response. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. choose to install on a linux partition on drive hdb (overwrite the existing linux software. 2. choose custom install and select individual packages (i had 870+ selected). 3. choose not to set up a bootable area (ie deselect grub and do not select lilo. since there was no option to select booting from a floppy, i was going to create the boot floppy later). Actual Results: during the install, the program quit and listed an error message. i chose to dump the message to a floppy and will include it as an attachment. Expected Results: the install should have proceeded until i had to change cd's. it should've then asked me to remove cd #1 and insert either cd #2 or #3. Additional info: i will send an attachment.
Could you please attach the error dump you created?
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ok, i've made some progress. i was able to possibly copy the cd's to my harddrive. unfortunately, since i haven't been able to install linux, the cd content is on a fat partition under windows. i also managed to copy the boot.img file to a floppy using rawritewin and it boots fine. my problem at this point is when i try to list the directory that the redhat files are in, the install doesn't seem to recognize the disk's format. it does recognize the drive, 'cause it lists all my partitions for my 2 HDD's. the redhat files are in my c:\redhat directory, but when i enter that at the install dialog, an error message reports that it can't find the files. i've tried all combinations for that directory using both "\" and "/". sometimes the install program states that /tmp/hdimage/X (where "X" = the various combinations of "c:\Redhat" that i've typed in) can't be found. i've typed in: \C:\Redhat C:\Redhat (also used /) \Redhat (also used /) Redhat windows\C\Redhat (also used /) \windows\C\Redhat (also used /) etc..... i've also tried looking for sometype of commandline to try mounting the windows partition, but couldn't find one. do you have any suggestions? i'd like to try redhat. thank you for taking the time to read this, j
I'm not sure I understand what you're trying - if you want to install from your HD you need to have the ISO images for disc 1, 2, and 3 in a directory. You cannot simply copy the files of the CDs, you need the ISO images.
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