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I currently have RedHat 5.2 installed, and I am trying to upgrade to 8.... I have an RedHat 8 CD, but I am not sure how to start the install. My computer will not boot off of the Redhat 8 cd. I can get boot off a floppy and get to the LILO prompt, but I am not sure what to do next....
Can anyone help me?
can you configure your BIOS to boot from CD? usually you have to hold down DEL or something when you restart your system. otherwise you need a floppy with cdrom support i think.
I have the boot floppy that was created when I installed 5.2.
My computer will not boot directly from the 8.0 CD. I want to attempt an upgrade, I don't want to format over the 5.2.
The error message that I get when I boot from the 8.0 CD is:
ISOLINUX 1.75 2002-06-14 ISOLINUX: Loading spec packet failed, trying to wing it
ISOLINUX: failed to locate CD-Rom device boot failed
I have tried to boot from the 5.2 floppy, which works. I can get to the "LILO boot:" prompt, but still I am not sure what to do to kick start the 8.0 installation.....
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