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I have been trying to install RHEL 4.0 on a Intel dual core proc based system which is successfully running Windows XP with out any problem. The Bios configuration for the harddisks is IDE Enhanced PATA (not SATA I want to make sure that installation goes through,for now forget about SATA). While trying to install using CDROM the linux installation program is not recognizing my CDROM (Toshiba Combo CDROM). Asking me to install appropriate driver for CDROM itself. I could not find Linux specific drivers for this type of cdrom. How to get appropriate drivers for Linux and If I have them, How to make the installation program aware of these.
Next option was to copy ISO files of the cd2,cd3,cd4 on to one of the FAT32 partitions and ask it to take ISOs from there. I tried this aswell, But the installation program says the hdc1/partition/directory does not appear to contain the ISO images. I did put them in the specified directory but why is not recognizing them. Can I put them on FAT32 partition ??
Can anyone suggest a way out of this problem ??
I have been trying to install RHEL 4.0 on a Intel dual core proc based system which is successfully running Windows XP with out any problem. The Bios configuration for the harddisks is IDE Enhanced PATA (not SATA I want to make sure that installation goes through,for now forget about SATA). While trying to install using CDROM the linux installation program is not recognizing my CDROM (Toshiba Combo CDROM). Asking me to install appropriate driver for CDROM itself. I could not find Linux specific drivers for this type of cdrom. How to get appropriate drivers for Linux and If I have them, How to make the installation program aware of these.
Next option was to copy ISO files of the cd2,cd3,cd4 on to one of the FAT32 partitions and ask it to take ISOs from there. I tried this aswell, But the installation program says the hdc1/partition/directory does not appear to contain the ISO images. I did put them in the specified directory but why is not recognizing them. Can I put them on FAT32 partition ??
Can anyone suggest a way out of this problem ??
- Thanks in advance
Since you've got RedHat Enterprise Linux, have you contacted RedHat support (since you're paying for it), to ask them? They probably either have the driver, or can tell you a workaround.
Try to get the initrd from a RHEL5. This initrd will have the all desired drivers. Store in initrd in a Floppy disk, which should be connected to a USB port & during installation, when it prompts for the driver - show the path of the USB floppy drive.
It s tedious procedure though!
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