Hi


I am been trying for the past few weeks to install Redhat 7.3 on my PC.
I downloaded the Redhat images :
valhalla-i386disc1.iso
valhalla-i386-disc2.iso
valhalla-i386-disc3.iso
.....from a redhat mirror site.

Then I burned the large ISO files into three different CD's and
labled them CD1, CD2 and CD3. Is this the right procedure?


I also created a floopy boot disk
that works fine and I am to boot and get into the install process. I run into problems when I try to install from the CDs that I burned.

The Error message says that it can't find the Redhat CD.


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Are you supposed to extract the ISO images before you burn it
into a CD? If yes, then how do you do that? Can someone tell
me what I did wrong?


thanks


Manoj

Ammm... What do you mean by:
I burned the large ISO files
You mean you burned the iso files or after the burn you have folders and files on your cd's? (Or you just have the iso files on them?)

In other words did you burn the image onto the CD or did you litterally burn the ISO file onto the CD.

read the information on linuxiso.org

doesnt tell you how to do it clearly

you should not just put the iso image on the CD ... it's an IMAGE, so if you have Nero choose "Burn CD Image" or whatever that menu point is labeld and go for that one ...

I'm having basically the same problem. I burned the image to the CDs, but they don't boot on any system. I just get a black screen with the cursor flashing in the top left hand corner.

When I view the contents of the discs everything looks fine. I didn't burn the ISO file to the disc.

What program did you use to do the burn?
Make sure that it has the bootable cd option enabled.

Ya know ... that could very well be my problem. I'll check into that.

I used Roxio EZ CD Creator 5.x. I can't remember the exact version.

Thanks for the possible lead!

Perform the following to burn the ISO image to a CD-ROM.

Determine the SCSI target for the CD-Recorder.
cdrecord -scanbus
Should produce output similar to the following.
1,0,0 100) 'YAMAHA ' 'CRW2100E ' '1.0H' Removable
The SCSI target is the three numbers separated by commas located in the output, e.g., 1,0,0.
Burn the ISO image.

cdrecord -v speed=write_speed dev=scsi_target name.iso
where write_speed is the write speed of the CD-Recorder, scsi_target is the SCSI target obtained in the previous step, and name.iso is the ISO image, e.g., msccdrom.iso. For example,
cdrecord -v speed=12 dev=1,0,0 msccdrom.iso
For more information about cdrecord refer to the man pages.

man cdrecord

I had the same problem... I burned the images to CD... not the iso's to CD.

Only in my case CD 1 worked beautifully... when I changed to CD 2 it errored out stating that Red Hat couldn't find the CD. I downloaded the CD 2 iso from Red Hat's site again... same problem... then I downloaded from linuxiso... same problem. So I ordered CD's at a discount from Edmund's... proceeded with installing CD 2 and it worked fine. When the time came for CD 3 I tried the one I burned and Red Hat couldn't find the CD so I just completed the install from the CD's I got from Edmund's

When you download ISO images make sure you verify the MD5SUM. I have burned many many CD's before I realized the ISO image was corrupt.

I believe www.linuxiso.org has some instructions on how to do this. In linux, md5sum is usually installed automatically, but if you're downloading on to a windows machine, you need to download md5sum.exe. Unfortunately, www.etree.org seems to be down right now, but I'm sure you can find it somewhere on the web.

Just remember to verify your ISO images before you burn them, it will save you a lot of time and frustration.

-Dennis

Here's a little help for linux newbies like me:

Download the first 3 .iso images (4 & 5 are only source code)

download and open the text file MD5SUM from the ftp location where you dowloaded the .iso files from.

if you are in windows, download the md5sum.exe program from the web. Search around on google, I'm sure you'll find it.

put the md5sum.exe program in the same folder as the .iso images.

open a command prompt, change directories to the folder with the images and type in:
md5sum (filename for .iso image)

Then wait about a minute and then a long number will appear on the screen. That's the MD5 checksum for the downloaded file.

Check the MD5 checksum in the command prompt window against the number for that .iso in the MD5SUM text document.

If the numbers match, then your download was successful. If they do not match, then you must re-download the entire .iso file again. If this happens, my suggestion is to pick another FTP site to download from.

Once you have the first three .iso files you can burn them to CDs. You must tell your burning program to burn an image or burn from an iso.

After you have burned your CDs, you're still not in the clear to install. There may have been problems during the burning process and you may have errors on your cds. You need to boot from the first CD (if possible) and when prompted, check all 3 CDs for errors. You can also do this before starting the installer by typing:
linux mediacheck

If the mediacheck gives all three CDs a PASS grade, then you are safe to Install Redhat from the CDs. You can rest assured that your CDs are perfect.

By the way, if anyone in Germany wants a copy of my perfect english RH8 discs, I can mail you copies. Send me an email if you're interested.

Hi,
I always burn my images. But never got them working for installation.
I now use the harddisk. I take a partition(in my case /dev/hda7), put hem at "/". Installation with floppy (use rawrite and boot.img) works fine.
with friendly greetings,
PJHAMVS