[techtalk] redhat install from scsi cd (fwd)

Beverly Guillermo mezanin at chno2.com
Fri Oct 27 15:31:41 EST 2000


What boot disk are you using?  Have you tried using the bootdisk that
autodetects SCSI drives?  You can also initially give options at the
initial boot prompt to specifiy the drive once you load the SCSI bootdisk.

Beverly


 On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Shirrell wrote:

> 
> I am trying to install red hat 6.0 on a Dell dimension pentium
> that has a bad internal cd and a good external cd on an adaptec
> 1542c scsi adapter.  When I request an install from a local cd
> it only finds the bad internal drive.  If I go to expert mode
> I can access the SCSI CD but it is the original install cd and
> not in proper disk format to use as a disk install.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Shirrell at pstat.com
> 
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