On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > > > > anybody from redhat on this? or should i CONTRACT technical support for > > > $$$$$ so somebody can explain what is wrong with the installation program > > > or what am i doing wrong?????!?????????!!!!! > > > > Not from Red Hat, nor have I tried a local hard drive install of 7.3, but > > here's a thought. > > > > > > thanks Matthew,.....
the linux rescue gives me the same message. it gets to the same point and it can not find the DIRECTORY not the images... it's right there. it must be something wrong with the boot image. i even tried symlink.. this is rediculous.... > > > How is the install program supposed to know which disk to find the images > > on? > > there is a dialog window/interface that is asking to specify the disk and > the directory where the images are... the installer sees the disk - hdc1 - > but after i specify the directory (as described on redhat's website) i get > directory not found... > > > When the installer starts, it creates its own file system, with its > > yea, i know and that's where i think this /tmp/hdimage resides. and should > find the images directory i point to because it's there. anyway i'll keep > triying... the other problem i have right now is that if i wan to write > the images i have to have X installed to use "the highly configurable" > Roast.... is there a command line utility to do that in redhat?!?.... > > > own /, /usr, etc., in a ramdisk. So it can't mount your disks in their > > usual places. It looks for existing ext2 partitions and mounts them under > > /tmp/hdimage. I don't recall the exact structure of the tree under > > /tmp/hdimage, but you can find out. > > > > Boot the install CD-ROM and at the first screen prompt, enter "linux > > rescue". You go though some dialog boxes (including the one where it > > detects an existing installation and mounts it under /tmp/hdimage. Then > > you can go look and see how it put things together. From there, you'll be > > able to discover the complete path to your images, which will start with > > /tmp/hdimage. Enter the remainder of the path when you are prompted using > > the installer. > > > > If you can't boot from CD-ROM, you might still be able to run "linux > > rescue" from the install floppy. I'm not sure about that. > > > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
