Mr. Geek wrote:
SnapafunFrank wrote:
Paul wrote:
SnapafunFrank wrote:
Got myself a DVD i586 of Mandriva ( my machine appears to be a i686
) and though I can manually mount it and see the directory and file
names, I cannot access anything. Why do I want to ? 'Cause it will
not boot and allow me to install 10.2. I just thought that
accessing the README or INSTALL file might have given me some clue
as to what was happening.
I used :
# mkdir /mnt/iso
# mount -o loop -t iso9660 <filename.iso> /mnt/iso
( In my case the file name is :
/mnt/dvdcd/Mandriva-Linux-2005-Limited-Edition-DVD.i586.iso )
# ls -alh
total 335K
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 4.0K Apr 13 22:00 ./
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K Jul 26 20:31 ../
-r--r--r-- 23 root root 65 Feb 11 2004 autorun.inf
-r--r--r-- 17 root root 18K Feb 5 08:51 COPYING
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 6.0K Apr 13 22:00 Dkms/
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2.0K Apr 13 22:00 doc/
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2.0K Apr 13 22:00 dosutils/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 13 22:00 Firmware/
-r--r--r-- 7 root root 10K Feb 18 04:11 index.htm
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 2.0K Apr 13 22:00 install/
-r--r--r-- 7 root root 6.8K Apr 8 02:44 INSTALL.txt
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 2.0K Apr 13 22:00 isolinux/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2.0K Apr 13 22:00 lang/
-r--r--r-- 10 root root 4.7K Mar 24 07:07 LICENSE.txt
-r--r--r-- 23 root root 0 Oct 13 2004 MD5SUM
dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 2.0K Apr 13 22:00 media/
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2.0K Apr 13 22:00 misc/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 18K Apr 13 22:00 Modules/
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 219K Apr 13 22:07
pkg-10.2-Limited-Edition-2005.idx
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 13 22:00 Plugins/
-r--r--r-- 7 root root 3.4K Feb 1 23:58 README.txt
-r--r--r-- 7 root root 18K Apr 11 20:28 release-notes.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 77 Apr 13 22:07 VERSION
Nothing shows up when I use the less command on any of the files.
Any suggestions anyone ?
Further, when I copy the iso over to check out whether or not it
had been simply burned as a data file, in re~burning it as a image
file, I can only get about 380MB worth of info onto the dvd disc. [
I used k3b ] Yet the copied over iso registers out at 4.4gig
.Thanks for DVD-RW discs then.
Er.... and no, it does not appear that the cd image files make up
the disc, it appears as if it wants to install from the dvd, or
something ??????
Thanks for the reply Paul .
Got mine from BudgeLlinuxCDs.com.
The directory /media/main is there and contains all the rpms.
So does this mean that this dvd should boot at startup ?
If so is there anything that I can look at to get a clue as to why it
doesn't ?
If not, what should I be doing to get things installed ?
[ Note, I can use any LiveCD OK with this drive but they are CDs.
This is a dvd drive. Are there likely to be any differences here ? ]
Any other suggestions ?
And of course the main question remains, how do I get to read the
contents of the like of the README.txt and INSTALL.txt files. ( using
# less < filename > doesn't do it. )
Snap;
I might have a suggestion or two on this. First, you ordered and
bought a DVD of Mandriva LE2005, yes? Which should automatically mean
that it's a bootable DVD disc, Yes?
But in your previous post, you talk about mounting an ISO file??? Am I
confused or I the only one seeing a distinction here? Either we're not
talking about the same thing here, or someone sold you a DVD disc that
has a copy of the Mandriva ISO file copied to it.
If that's the case, it's not surprising that it won't boot!
Second, assuming that it really is a normally-burned, bootable DVD,
then you might be having problems due to the type of blank media that
was used to burn the DVD. I've heard of people having issues if a DVD
was a + or - blank and the drive not being able to read it - as in
NOT-Bootable.
Either way, you should be able to grab the 'boot.iso' image out of the
/install/images folder and burn that to a blank CD, then boot from it
and select the parent directory of the mounted iso as your source
location.
The best thing to do is to copy the contents of the ISO to a spare
partition or folder, naming it the same way as the DVD would normally
be named - ie; create a folder called LE2005 and dump all the contents
of the DVD iso image in that folder, then proceed by booting from that
new CD you burned of the 'boot.iso' and pointing it to your new LE2005
folder. The install should proceed normally from that point on.
One good feature of this, is that the installer will automatically set
that LE2005 folder as a default source location in urpmi/RPMDrake and
you'll be able to add new packages from it easily.
HTH's.
Thanks Mr Geek for your reply. It actually makes sense to me, but I seem
to be missing something.
First, I agree with there being an iso image on the dvd means that it is
not bootable.
Your suggestion about copying the contents over, etc also make sense to
me but this is where I'm running into problems.
I understand that I need the contents of the iso and not simply the iso
itself ~ am I correct ?
Anyway, when I try to copy the iso itself over using either # cp -rf
or # dd all I get is a 362.8MB file.
I had somehow managed to cp it over for the whole 4.4gig at one stage
but when I tried to burn that as an iso all I got with k3b was a 362.8MB
write to dvd disc, so I ended up deleting the copied over file.
But back to your suggestion of copying over the contents.
I first did :
# mount -o loop -t iso9660
/mnt/dvdcd/Mandriva-Linux-2005-Limited-Edition-DVD.i586.iso /mnt/iso
and this allows me to see the contents. However, as mentioned above,
files such as README.txt and INSTALL.txt will not open.
So I tried :
# cp -rf /mnt/iso/* /mnt/empty/LE2005/
but all I get is heaps of errors such as :
<SNIP>
cp: reading `/mnt/iso/doc/install/is/INSTALL.txt': Input/output error
<SNIP>
So it seems that I am unable to copy the contents over using this method
anyway .
So what is it that I'm missing ? [ And yeah. I could use some sleep as
well ~ ]
Any suggestions or ' pointed in the right direction ' would be
gratefully appreciated.
By the way, on any free partition where I'm not intending to install
LE2005, all I have left is enough room for the 4.4gig iso if needed, if
only I can remember how I got that to copy over in the first place.
So your suggestion about the " good feature " will eventually work for
me as more room can be made once I have re~installed my backups.
[ So I don't have enough room for the iso and its contents should I be
required to " unpack " the iso upon having gotten it onto the hard drive.]
I would like to go down your " good feature " path ~ again, it makes
perfect sense to me.
--
Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always!
Regards
SnapafunFrank
Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve.
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