by Joun » Sun, 07 Nov 1999 04:00:00
Do NOT install CD-ROM before install program requests for it. Having CD-ROM
ready in drive caused the installation program hang for me (at /sbin/loader)
Took a long while to realize this.
Best regards,
Jouni
by Leonard Even » Sun, 07 Nov 1999 04:00:00
> When using the new boot images found at redhat errata pages:
> Do NOT install CD-ROM before install program requests for it. Having CD-ROM
> ready in drive caused the installation program hang for me (at /sbin/loader)
> Took a long while to realize this.
> Best regards,
> Jouni
--
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
by Joun » Sun, 07 Nov 1999 04:00:00
So there was a problem...
-Jouni
> > When using the new boot images found at redhat errata pages:
> > Do NOT install CD-ROM before install program requests for it. Having
CD-ROM
> > ready in drive caused the installation program hang for me (at
/sbin/loader)
> > Took a long while to realize this.
> > Best regards,
> > Jouni
> But for once we can't gripe about RedHat and this. They
> explicitly warn you in their documentation that you can't
> boot from the CD and use the upgrade disk. In your case,
> the BIOS was probably set to boot from the CD in preference
> to the floppy, which is probably a mistake anyway.
> --
> Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
by Ben » Thu, 11 Nov 1999 04:00:00
*... the RH guys gotta sort 'em selves out... They can't afford to be
the new Microsoft losers.
B.
> So there was a problem...
> -Jouni
> > > When using the new boot images found at redhat errata pages:
> > > Do NOT install CD-ROM before install program requests for it. Having
> CD-ROM
> > > ready in drive caused the installation program hang for me (at
> /sbin/loader)
> > > Took a long while to realize this.
> > > Best regards,
> > > Jouni
> > But for once we can't gripe about RedHat and this. They
> > explicitly warn you in their documentation that you can't
> > boot from the CD and use the upgrade disk. In your case,
> > the BIOS was probably set to boot from the CD in preference
> > to the floppy, which is probably a mistake anyway.
> > --
> > Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
by Michael McConnel » Fri, 12 Nov 1999 04:00:00
I've got round that problem for the Eridani 6.1 (updated distro based on
RH6.1) by incorporating the update boot discs and the updates onto the CD
itself. Far more painless solution than messing with boot floppies :)
> *... the RH guys gotta sort 'em selves out... They can't afford to be
> the new Microsoft losers.
> > The boot happened from floppy disk first (My boot sequence is a: c: - no
> > CD). But if the CD-ROM was in drive during the disk was booting it read
> > something from there instead of floppy. (/sbin/loader?)
> > So there was a problem...
> > -Jouni
> > > > When using the new boot images found at redhat errata pages:
> > > > Do NOT install CD-ROM before install program requests for it. Having
> > CD-ROM
> > > > ready in drive caused the installation program hang for me (at
> > /sbin/loader)
> > > > Took a long while to realize this.
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Jouni
> > > But for once we can't gripe about RedHat and this. They
> > > explicitly warn you in their documentation that you can't
> > > boot from the CD and use the upgrade disk. In your case,
> > > the BIOS was probably set to boot from the CD in preference
> > > to the floppy, which is probably a mistake anyway.
> > > --
> > > Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
I am upgrading from RH 5.1 on a PackardBell
Legend 822CDT 100MHZ AMI BOIS 1992 and cannot get
to a successful boot after any of the different
types installs for RH 6.1. I have tried several
different partitioning options and reformatted
the hard drive, but no luck. Reinstalled 5.1
runs fine.
I do get some info at boot up that should help:
partiton check
hda: hda1 hda2 <hda5 ....... hda9>
attempt to access beyond end of drive
03:02: ew=0, want=2, limit=1
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
Kernel paic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
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