Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: >> b.j. mcclure wrote: >> Right, I just looked it up, and I see it's an ADSL modem. Look at your IP address, and I'll bet you're 192.168.0.x, or 192.168.1.x. Whatever it is, try pinging 192.168.[0 or 1].1. Whichever it is, pull up your

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Thomas Harold
On 6/7/2011 1:04 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > No. I was rung one day by a lady at my ISP (Eircom), who told me I > had been chosen as a recipient of their new "Ultimate" system, which > would increase my speed from 5Mb/s to 14Mb/s, at no extra cost! Could be newer DSL technology, or could simply

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread m . roth
Timothy Murphy wrote: > b.j. mcclure wrote: > >>> Right, I just looked it up, and I see it's an ADSL modem. Look at your >>> IP address, and I'll bet you're 192.168.0.x, or 192.168.1.x. Whatever it >>> is, try pinging 192.168.[0 or 1].1. Whichever it is, pull up your >>> browser, and point it to th

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Lamar Owen
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 01:04:11 PM Timothy Murphy wrote: > who told me I had been chosen as a recipient of their new "Ultimate" system, > which would increase my speed from 5Mb/s to 14Mb/s, > at no extra cost! The speed increase is possible, for sure, as long as you're close enough to the DSLA

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
David Bunt wrote: > Try a minimal install. That won't hit the 2nd dvd. Actually no installation I have done (including one with practically everything chosen) has ever required the 2nd DVD. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
b.j. mcclure wrote: >> Right, I just looked it up, and I see it's an ADSL modem. Look at your IP >> address, and I'll bet you're 192.168.0.x, or 192.168.1.x. Whatever it is, >> try pinging 192.168.[0 or 1].1. Whichever it is, pull up your browser, >> and point it to that IP, and you should be at t

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
Les Mikesell wrote: >> The machine is running CentOS-5.6 . >> The modem is running fine, but my speed has not been improved threefold, >> as promised. >> In fact the speed is identical to the previous modem, as far as I can >> tell. > > Do you know what kind of change this was supposed to be? No

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Lamar Owen
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 11:59:52 AM Les Mikesell wrote: > On 6/7/2011 10:18 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > The modem is running fine, but my speed has not been improved threefold, > > as promised. > > In fact the speed is identical to the previous modem, as far as I can tell. > > Do you know what

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Thomas Harold
On 6/7/2011 11:22 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Right, I just looked it up, and I see it's an ADSL modem. Look at your IP > address, and I'll bet you're 192.168.0.x, or 192.168.1.x. Whatever it is, > try pinging 192.168.[0 or 1].1. Whichever it is, pull up your browser, an

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On 6/7/2011 10:18 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > The machine is running CentOS-5.6 . > The modem is running fine, but my speed has not been improved threefold, > as promised. > In fact the speed is identical to the previous modem, as far as I can tell. Do you know what kind of change this was suppo

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread b.j. mcclure
On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 11:22 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: > > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > >>> Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, > >>> but I daren't ask about that here ... > >>> I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed > >>> of

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread m . roth
Timothy Murphy wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, >>> but I daren't ask about that here ... >>> I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed >>> of my supply, but says I have to run a Windows CD >>> to setup the modem he

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Reading this, I'm thinking still more about the bigger picture, there. I > didn't see the start of this thread - is this a home system? If so, using > WinDo$e is pointless, if you're running Linux, unless you're running Linux > in a VM under WinDoze. The machine is runni

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > You could ask someone to bring their Windowz laptop, set it up and you > are done. Actually I always leave or install a small Windows partition on my Linux machines. I find that I occasionally need them, eg when updating firmware. I don't have the religious objection

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I suppose there could be something relevant on the 2nd DVD, >> although the first has been sufficient to install in 3 other ways: >> 1) via HTTP from another machine on my home LAN; >> 2) after copying the DVD-1of2 to a USB stick; and >> 3) it was also sufficient on a ma

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
Jussi Hirvi wrote: > On 7.6.2011 1.19, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> But I'm not sure what "image #2" is? Or where it should be put? >> > images/stage2.img ?? I assumed that was what was meant, and put copies of this file everywhere I could think of: in the same place as the DVD, in an images director

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread David Bunt
> I guess that, as pointed out, this could be something on the 2nd DVD. > Try a minimal install. That won't hit the 2nd dvd. -- Head Grunt ChickenWare.com >From concept to the internet.. 866-588-7806 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lis

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
Brunner, Brian T. wrote: >>> Did you check the debug consoles (alt-Fx)? >> >> I'm not sure what this is. > > There are several consoles available during install and boot. > If you hit Alt+F1, you'll see the "regular" install/boot text. > If you hit Alt+F2, you'll see debug outputs of portions of

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread m . roth
Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, >>> but I daren't ask about that here ... >>> I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed >>> of my supply, but says I have to run a Windows CD >>> to setup the modem

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, >> but I daren't ask about that here ... >> I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed >> of my supply, but says I have to run a Windows CD >> to setup the modem he has given me. > > ?? What kin

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread m . roth
Timothy Murphy wrote: > John Doe wrote: > >> From: Timothy Murphy >> > I tried (several times) installing CentOS-5.6 from a hard disk, > and each time it failed after installing all the rpms, > with the warning "The installation has tried to mount image #2, > but cannot find it

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Jussi Hirvi
On 7.6.2011 1.19, Timothy Murphy wrote: > But I'm not sure what "image #2" is? Or where it should be put? > images/stage2.img ?? -Jussi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
> >> Did you check the debug consoles (alt-Fx)? > > I'm not sure what this is. There are several consoles available during install and boot. If you hit Alt+F1, you'll see the "regular" install/boot text. If you hit Alt+F2, you'll see debug outputs of portions of the install/boot process. Alt+F3

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread Timothy Murphy
John Doe wrote: > From: Timothy Murphy > I tried (several times) installing CentOS-5.6 from a hard disk, and each time it failed after installing all the rpms, with the warning "The installation has tried to mount image #2, but cannot find it on the hard drive." >> md5sum

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-07 Thread John Doe
From: Timothy Murphy >>> I tried (several times) installing CentOS-5.6 from a hard disk, >>> and each time it failed after installing all the rpms, >>> with the warning "The installation has tried to mount image #2, >>> but cannot find it on the hard drive." >     md5sum -c md5sum.txt.asc   

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-06 Thread Timothy Murphy
Don Krause wrote: >> I tried (several times) installing CentOS-5.6 from a hard disk, >> and each time it failed after installing all the rpms, >> with the warning "The installation has tried to mount image #2, >> but cannot find it on the hard drive." > Strange, I install it from the DVD.iso to V

Re: [CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-06 Thread Don Krause
On Jun 6, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Has anybody successfully installed CentOS- > > I tried (several times) installing CentOS-5.6 from a hard disk, > and each time it failed after installing all the rpms, > with the warning "The installation has tried to mount image #2, > but cann

[CentOS] hard disk install failure

2011-06-06 Thread Timothy Murphy
Has anybody successfully installed CentOS- I tried (several times) installing CentOS-5.6 from a hard disk, and each time it failed after installing all the rpms, with the warning "The installation has tried to mount image #2, but cannot find it on the hard drive." When I pressed the Debug button