On Mon Mar 08 1999 at 13:16, Tom Oehser wrote:
> > 2) How do i list and access files on a floppy disk ?
>
> 'mount /dev/fd0 /fl'
> 'cd /fl'
> 'ls /fl'
> etc...
Tom, On my own system, I use one mount point /a for msdos-formatted
disks, and /fd (/fl is just as good) for ext2 formatted disks.
> > 3) I have a linux red hat install on cd, the PC should be able to hold
> > it, but when i make a boot disk (via redhat) it simply says...boot
> > failed, can i use tomsrtbt to boot into it and then read the cd to
> > install linux.?
>
> Maybe, but, I have never used red-hat, so, I don't really know.
No, definitely not possible.
This is what happens for the default original boot image for RedHat
5.1 on some (not all) systems. There is a replacement image available
at ftp://updates.redhat.com/
> You can probably mount the CD and access its files with no problem.
Yes, but you'll have to loop-mount the image in the CDROM. Useless
exercise really :-)
> But, the red-hat installation may well not run under tomsrtbt.
Not at all... redhat is glibc6-based, so is the installation program.
> If you are trying to install red-hat, you should try to get help
> through their support channels and mailing lists.
True.
Cheers
Tony
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Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Science
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