Installing Linux

[Anubis]

I just got another HD today cause i needed the space. i was plannin on installin Linux On it again its been a while. I went and created a Linux Partition with Partition Magic Pro 7 so it should all be good. the problim is i cant get the lunix Cds i have to install. Tryin Red Hat 7.2. If I put on in in windows it wont autorun even tho its supposed to. and i can t boot from CD because my computer dosent boot if a CD is in the drive. Dont know why this is my computer has its quirks. anyome know anything that might help me out.

 

[sohcrates]

have you played with options in the bios to boot off of cd?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Make sure the md5sums match up fine, and make a boot floppy if you need to. You may want to get your mobo checked out though...

 

[Anubis]

the reason it dosent boot from CD has somethin to do with teh promise IDE card i have it wont boot it there is a cd in teh drive..
How do i go abut makin a boot disk????

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< the reason it dosent boot from CD has somethin to do with teh promise IDE card i have it wont boot it there is a cd in teh drive..
How do i go abut makin a boot disk???? >>



Use rawrite or something to put the floppy image on a floppy disk.

 

[Anubis]

whats rawrite. whats a floppy image ?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< whats rawrite. whats a floppy image ? >>



RTFM

 

[Anubis]

thanks a bunch

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< thanks a bunch >>



No problem, I hope that explains it well enough.

 

[Anubis]

yea tha page explains it well enuff the only problim is that the boot.img file is 1.4 meg and every flopy i have only holds 1.38. ive tried reformating them all to no avail. kinda startin to get pissed

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< yea tha page explains it well enuff the only problim is that the boot.img file is 1.4 meg and every flopy i have only holds 1.38. ive tried reformating them all to no avail. kinda startin to get pissed >>



Does rawrite give you errors? Copying the file onto the floppy wont work.

 

[sohcrates]

<< yea tha page explains it well enuff the only problim is that the boot.img file is 1.4 meg and every flopy i have only holds 1.38. ive tried reformating them all to no avail. kinda startin to get pissed >>



rawrite should extend it over 2 floppies

 

[Anubis]

yeah got it to work. it only needed 1 disk

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< yeah got it to work. it only needed 1 disk >>



And you doubted me