On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Aaron E. Bradshaw wrote:
> I tried to post the following message yesterday, but it didn't show up in
> my mail, so I'm trying again:
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> I am trying to install RH 5.2 to a 486 laptop. My cdrom is an old backpack,
> one that linux does not recognize. As a result, I have partitioned 50 mg or
> so for MS-DOS, and have tried to copy all of the RPMs that I think I need
> to make a bare bones linux installation.
>
> I have made the following directories on the dos partion:
>
> \redhat\base
> \redhat\RPMS
>
> >From my cdrom, I have copied all of the /redhat/base files to the
> corresponding directory on the dos partition. I have copied all of the rpm
> files identified in the RedHat install manual as being a part of the Base
> system.
>
> My install goes according to schedule until I am asked to indentify the
> harddrive directory that contains the redhat installation files. I have
> highlighted /dev/hda1 as the partition, the next line asks for the
> directory. When I tell it to look at /redhat, an error message is returned:
> "cannot find redhat installation tree on /dev/hda1"
Try telling it to look for redhat (without the leading /). I'm not sure
about this though, I've never used this installation method. (I normally
install Slackware directly from CD or via NFS, never tried RedHat)
Frank
>
> The laptop has a small HD (500 mg), so I cannot simply copy all of the rpms
> files to the appropriate directory on the dos partition.
>
> Any ideas? TIA
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> Aaron E. Bradshaw 313 S. South Street, P.O.Box 1072, Gastonia, NC 28053
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 704.866.8289 http://www.gastonlaw.com
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