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I just downloaded Redhat Linux 6.1 from a mirror site:
ftp://acs-mirror.ucsd.edu/linux/redhat/redhat-6.1/i386/.  The download
looks right (all the files came across as nearly as I can tell; see
'ls -Fa' and 'du' info below) but when I tried the install I got an
error that no Redhat CD was found.  I made the boot floppy with dd (from
the cdrom file in 'images/' and it worked fine.

I used mkisofs with the Rock Ridge extensions and cdrecord to make the
cdrom.  I did not attempt to make an 'El Torito' bootable cdrom
because I was content making a boot floppy.  I am using a Creative 6x
IDE DVD-ROM drive as my cdrom drive that I am trying to do the install
from.  I'm wondering if anyone has had similar problems or has
suggestions.  

My working hypotheses are that
1) the CD needs to be bootable to be recognized
2) there is a problem using the DVD drive.  The DVD drive, however, is
   working fine as a CD ROM drive under RHL 6.0 on the same machine that
   I am trying the upgrade on.
3) I should use a different extension like Joliet when making the
   filesystem.  

Has anyone else experienced similar problems?

Thanks,
John Hunter

Misc info:

command to get the distribution:
wget -rL -nH --cut-dirs=4 ftp://acs-mirror.ucsd.edu/linux/redhat/redhat-6.1/i386/

commands to make the CD form the source directory (env vars CDR_DEVICE
and CDR_SPEED set properly):
    34  20:39   mkisofs -R -o /cdr-stage/RHL61_RPMS .
    35  20:44   cd /cdr-stage/
    36  20:44   cdrecord RHL61_RPMS

contents of the burned CD:
localhost:/cdrom> ls -Fa
./   .buildlog  README       RedHat/   boot.cat*  dosutils/  misc/
../  COPYING    RPM-GPG-KEY  autorun*  doc/       images/

localhost:/cdrom> du
659     ./doc/FAQ/html
2       ./doc/FAQ/ps
600     ./doc/FAQ/txt
1263    ./doc/FAQ
9802    ./doc/HOWTO
378     ./doc/rhgsg/figs/basics
219     ./doc/rhgsg/figs/gnome60
4712    ./doc/rhgsg/figs/gug
207     ./doc/rhgsg/figs/navigating
175     ./doc/rhgsg/figs/ppp
16      ./doc/rhgsg/figs/q-and-a
180     ./doc/rhgsg/figs/rpmlite
5889    ./doc/rhgsg/figs
19      ./doc/rhgsg/stylesheet-images
6870    ./doc/rhgsg
6227    ./doc/rhinst/figs/cd-rom-gui
6229    ./doc/rhinst/figs
19      ./doc/rhinst/stylesheet-images
6578    ./doc/rhinst
26      ./doc/rhref/figs/before-you-begin
2       ./doc/rhref/figs/finishing-install
256     ./doc/rhref/figs/gnorpm
2       ./doc/rhref/figs/navigating
2       ./doc/rhref/figs/networkinstalls
2       ./doc/rhref/figs/now-what
111     ./doc/rhref/figs/partitions
546     ./doc/rhref/figs/sysconfig
375     ./doc/rhref/figs/textmode
1324    ./doc/rhref/figs
19      ./doc/rhref/stylesheet-images
2791    ./doc/rhref
27306   ./doc
1400    ./dosutils/autoboot
13      ./dosutils/fips15c/restorrb
175     ./dosutils/fips15c/source
483     ./dosutils/fips15c
13      ./dosutils/fips20/restorrb
126     ./dosutils/fips20/source
584     ./dosutils/fips20
81      ./dosutils/fipsdocs
2946    ./dosutils
4334    ./images
5       ./misc/CVS
22      ./misc/src/anaconda/balkan
51      ./misc/src/anaconda/collage
6       ./misc/src/anaconda/CVS
121     ./misc/src/anaconda/ddcprobe
8       ./misc/src/anaconda/docs
532     ./misc/src/anaconda/gnome-map
3       ./misc/src/anaconda/help
135     ./misc/src/anaconda/isys
176     ./misc/src/anaconda/iw
516     ./misc/src/anaconda/kudzu
399     ./misc/src/anaconda/libfdisk
244     ./misc/src/anaconda/loader
244     ./misc/src/anaconda/minislang
367     ./misc/src/anaconda/pixmaps
1944    ./misc/src/anaconda/po
110     ./misc/src/anaconda/pump
64      ./misc/src/anaconda/rpmmodule
4       ./misc/src/anaconda/stubs
41      ./misc/src/anaconda/textw
181     ./misc/src/anaconda/utils
5426    ./misc/src/anaconda
591     ./misc/src/trees/boot
46      ./misc/src/trees/fonts
2       ./misc/src/trees/hdimage
3       ./misc/src/trees/initrd
290     ./misc/src/trees/keymaps
2       ./misc/src/trees/local
2       ./misc/src/trees/network
2       ./misc/src/trees/pcmcia
462     ./misc/src/trees/syslinux-1.45
3847    ./misc/src/trees
9275    ./misc/src
9282    ./misc
12615   ./RedHat/base
1311    ./RedHat/instimage/modules
1313    ./RedHat/instimage
544402  ./RedHat/RPMS
558332  ./RedHat
602231  .

I didn't find out the exact solution to my posted problem , but an
effective workaround.  Download the ISO image of the cdrom and burn
that.  Someone suggested to me that the problem of trying to do it
with wget and mkisofs is that it is hard to get the permissions
right.  One person suggested using rsync rather than wget.

But I see no reason for that when you can burn the iso image.  I got
mine at
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/current/iso/ and
it worked like a charm.

John Hunter

Quote:> I didn't find out the exact solution to my posted problem , but an
> effective workaround.  Download the ISO image of the cdrom and burn
> that.  Someone suggested to me that the problem of trying to do it
> with wget and mkisofs is that it is hard to get the permissions
> right.  One person suggested using rsync rather than wget.

> But I see no reason for that when you can burn the iso image.

  Well, the biggest advantage is that you can included/replace all the
updated packages before you cut the CD. I do this all the time for
installing machines with up to the day patches. I have to agree that it
is probably the permisions problem, a faulty link, or something similar.
In the past when download a complete new set, I always try to retrieve a
tar of the directory structure instead (i.e.
ftp://ftp.mirror.com/RedHat-6.1/i386.tar) as many servers support this
option and all permisions/owners/links are preserved when you untar the
downloaded file.

Adrian

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