anybody from redhat on this? or should i CONTRACT technical support for $$$$$ so somebody can explain what is wrong with the installation program or what am i doing wrong?????!?????????!!!!!
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > thanks Lou. i did a directory like but it didn't work either and tried > whatever else i could think of... > > anybody else has an idea why am i getting this /tmp/hdimage/ in front of > the directory i specify?!!? > my guess is that this is the intended mounting point for the ISO images. > the hd that has the ISOs is only one big ext2 formatted drive and it has > only those ISO in a directory like this /new/rh/ISOs_here. the drive > is seen as hda1c. so i specify in the installation program that drive and > the directory below as /new/rh and then i get this: > Failed to read directory /tmp/hdimage/ /my/dir/ > > what am i doing wrong here?!?!... > > thanks.... > > > Arlington, Wash. > 27 September >2002 01:38 > > > > To: Kalin Mintchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > From: Lou Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Installing from hard drive (/tmp/hdimage/...) > > > > This reply is something of an educated guess, because I have not > > installed any version of Linux in the way you describe. I've always been > > able to boot directly from the CD-ROM drive, and have always had only one > > hard drive in the computer. However, I once had a situation in which I > > was installing Microsquash Weirdows (everyone calls it "Windows," but it > > does weird things) onto a hard drive I had divided into three partitions, > > but the restoration CD-ROM expected only one partition. In that case, I > > had to create a bogus directory on the hard drive and install several > > modified configuration files in it, after which the restoration CD-ROM > > worked fine. The situation you describe sounds very similar. > > > > Your suggestion is certainly worth a try. At best, it will work, and > > your installation will be a success. At worst, it will fail, and you'll > > need to hunt around for other ideas. > > > > By the way, I agree with your implied statement that the Red Hat > > documentation is not very good. For the price I paid for it, I am a bit > > annoyed that the manual is a dinky little thing that essentially does > > nothing but hold the user's hand. The documentation in SuSE and > > Mandrake, which I've used recently, and in Caldera and Correll Linux > > distributions, is far superior. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Lou Mueller > > > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 04:08:40 -0400 (EDT) Kalin Mintchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > writes: > > > > > > it's kind of urgent... > > > if anybody has any solution for this problem or can point into a > > > direction that might help solving it it will be greatly > > > appreciated... i > > > already did read the red hat documentation on this a few times but > > > there > > > isn't anything that promises a solution... > > > > > > thanks.... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > > i'm trying to install 7.3 on a machine that has 2 hard drives. i > > > have the > > > > ISOs in a directory on one of the hard drives and trying to > > > install them > > > > to the other. i start the installation program from a floppy and > > > when it > > > > gets to the point where i have to specify the directory where the > > > ISOs are > > > > i do so but the install doesn't find them. i get this: > > > > > > > > Failed to read directory /tmp/hdimage/my/dir/ > > > > > > > > it puts /tmp/hdimage/ every time in front of the directory i > > > specify.... > > > > > > > > should i create /tmp/hdimage/ directory so it can finally find it? > > > > > > > > any help will be appreciated... > > > > > > > > thanks...... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
