<quote who="O Plameras"> > Voytek wrote: > >>I was trying to install RH9 on a P2-300 SCSI AHA2940 Sony SCSI CDROM; >>it's an 'early' CDROM, probably 4x ?
> > I have RH9 CDROM distro. I had various sorts of problems with it similar > to yours though I use the older ATAPI CDROM. I also have RH8 CDROM > distro with no problems on the same ATAPI CDROM. Oscar, I've installed 7.3 and 8 (using boot floppy) OK on this h/ware 9 asks for device driver floppy (for aha2940); then fails to see the CD > > When I used RH9 CDROM distro on the same system but on an externel > HP DVD/RW CDROM unit the problem disappears. > > This was after I deviced a work-around procedure to this problem by > installing using Redhat's 'kickstart' techniques, specifically, the > boot from: linux ks=http://<server>/ks.cfg. > > So, maybe you are right in your observation that the problem has arisen > as a result of the the way RH9 CD was mastered. I am thinking maybe your > CD batch is the same as mine and curious to know the answer. > Is your RH9 CDROM has 'APRIL 2003' blue-coloured markings on the > left side of the CDROM ? ahmmm, I don't have the original CDs for 9 here, they're in the server room, I'm using copies of these. not sure when I can check what the originals are every time I hit 'enter' on 'insert your install CD, I was getting a repeat of the: 'trying to mount scd0' and 'ISO9660 ext rrip1991a' anyhow, maybe I'll try later with an up to date CD drive -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
