Sharon Kisel wrote:
> I'm having trouble going through with an update from Redhat 5.2 to 6.1. I
> have a bootdisk, which goes through to the choice of update from Cdrom or
> Hdd. when i choose cdrom, and put the cd in, the drive light comes on and
> the screen changes to "welcome to redhat linux" on a blue screen; then
> nothing else happens. The cdrom drive continues to be lit, but no other
> prompts.
>
> any ideas?
>
> someone mentioned looking at the virtual consoles for errors. Where are
> these located/ how are the accessed? also, what kind of error would i be
> looking for?
This problem looks really strange....maybe you have troubles with CDrom
driver... :-( )
Yes, by pressing Alt-F1...Alt-F5 you can see different consoles and read
various messages...at least you should get info about in what stage
installation locks up.
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