LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 02-03-2002, 11:25 PM   #1
rrose42
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: California
Distribution: redhat linux 7.2
Posts: 22

Rep: Reputation: 15
Newbie Installation problem


Newbie installation problem:

Well I got a little farther into the installation but when the screen
that says:

"What partition and directory holds the CD images for RedHat Linux?"

I select the harddisk "/dev/hde1" where the linux I downloaded is
and I tried selecting 2 different directories were I see files that have ".img" suffixes are:

Linux/Disk1/images
&
Linux/Disk1/RedHat/base

But neither seems to work
What am I doing wrong, and just what directories are these CD images in anyway?

-Thanks Unix Guru
Rick
 
Old 02-04-2002, 11:55 AM   #2
Jim Scott
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Feb 2002
Distribution: Currently Red Hat 7.2 with all the updates
Posts: 3

Rep: Reputation: 0
Ok. It sounds like you have downloaded the ISO images and the directories you are currently looking at are the directories that would be on a CD.
If the ISO files are on hde1 (enigma-i386-disc1.iso and disc2) and are not in a directory of their own on that drive a single forward slash (/) designating that the file is in the root of that drive usually works.
If that does not work try putting nothing in that blank.
I have had to repeat this a couple of times on a few ocassions to get it to take and have not identified a reason.
The mistake I have seen most often here is including the directory that the drive (filesystem) would be mounted at in the seach path.
Nothing is mounted at this point in the install process.
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
9.1, installation - newbie Cider Mandriva 4 09-02-2004 04:32 AM
[very newbie] installation and BD MD3 Slackware - Installation 12 05-16-2004 11:36 AM
Newbie installation problem with raid 0 boatman Linux - Software 1 11-19-2003 09:40 PM
newbie installation problem: no keyboard/mouse input vytlacil Linux - Newbie 0 08-09-2003 06:03 PM
Installation Problem (newbie) tomalt Linux - General 2 07-29-2003 11:57 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:48 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration