I am re-submitting this thread as I am a software engineering student who desperatly needs to re-install Linux on my computer and as yet have had no help. Thanks


I have just built myself a new computer and on attempting to install linux ( i have done it many times) i get a new problem. i boot up the first disk (red hat 8) give it the keyboard type and then i get "What type of media contains the packages to be installed" my only choice is hard drive but it's on the cd drive (ide 1 master). Consequenly i'm stuck. Any ideas?
ps i'm using a gigabyte 8ipe 1000 pro board with a lite on atapi cd drive at ide 1 master. a dvd drive on ide 1 slave. 1 120gb serial ata on ide 3 and a 40gb hard drive on ide 0 master which is where i want to install red hat eventually.
Thanks

I can't say that I'm 100% positive on how Red Hat works since I have only used Mandrake. However, one thing to find out is if the drive's firmware is compatible with Red Hat 8. Version 9 is out now, so an option would be to try the newer version just in case the firmware of the CD drive isn't compatible. Other than that it's hard to tell what could cause it.

I fixed it, and just in case any-one else has a similar problem, all i did was disconnect the serial ata drive. I presume red-hat 8 doesn't support them.

Yep, the default RH8 kernel was 2.4.18, which Redhat ran with despite it being older then dirt. SATA didn't even exist back when 2.4.18 was finalized in 200...1? Regardless, SATA support wandered into the kernel with the Silicon Images chipset around 2.4.21, and I think the Intel ICH5 is finally supported in 2.4.22 or 23. They appear as scsi devices most of the time at last check. If ICH5 isn't in there yet, I know from experience it works under the Cox tree. Does your Uni require installing 8.0? I only ask because the one I just quit working for had their CS kids in their intro compilers class still stuck back at 7.3 so I got a lot of questions on getting new hardware to work with the rock solid, but again older then dirt 2.4.18 it also came with. Even RH9 is way behind now, you might want to consider a jump to Fedora Core 1, the default kernel is 2.4.22 and I think if you run the auto-upgrader (its not up2date anymore, its probably yum), it'll get you up to current with 2.4.24, and that should support everything you've got onboard.

Closing this one for cleanliness's sake. If you're ever getting 0 replies, feel free to mail me with a link to the thread, I'll see what I can do, but don't just post again...

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Cheers,

Finegan