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RH 7.3 does not like disc 3

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n0cmonkey

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Ok, so Ive been working on installing RedHat 7.3 for 2 days and 1 night now. I got past the issues where it did not like disc 2 (bad download), but I cannot figure out how to get it to accept disc 3 when it asks for disc 3. The .iso's md5 checked out as ok, the mediacheck in the RH install said disc 3 was good, but when it comes time to use disc 3, none of the 4 discs I have are accepted. Any clues, hiints, tricks?

I need this tonight so I am downloading a real distro in case this toy doesnt work.
 
Originally posted by: lowtech
That is really strange that you are having that problem.

As for RH 7.x ISO I only had experience with 7.0 (suck) 7.1, 7.2 & now 8.0.

Have you try download 7.2 or 7.1 then upgrade to 7.3?

Or have you try a network install?

Red Hat Linux 7.3: The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide - Preparing for a Network Installation
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I did not see a network install option when I booted off the floppy or the cd, so I figured there was not one. I have not downloaded 7.x other than 7.3 because I dont want to spend another 2 days downloading it. Ive got slackware downloaded and if that burns correctly (crappy burner) and installs correctly I will use it for the time being. Ill look into that network install for later though, thanks.
 
Although the media check passed (whatever it does), are there any nuances to burning the ISO that might affect operation? Did you use cdrecord? Did you pass any particular burning settings that could possibly cause runtime error?
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: lowtech
That is really strange that you are having that problem.

As for RH 7.x ISO I only had experience with 7.0 (suck) 7.1, 7.2 & now 8.0.

Have you try download 7.2 or 7.1 then upgrade to 7.3?

Or have you try a network install?

Red Hat Linux 7.3: The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide - Preparing for a Network Installation
Click to expand...

I did not see a network install option when I booted off the floppy or the cd, so I figured there was not one. I have not downloaded 7.x other than 7.3 because I dont want to spend another 2 days downloading it. Ive got slackware downloaded and if that burns correctly (crappy burner) and installs correctly I will use it for the time being. Ill look into that network install for later though, thanks.
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I'm not sure, but most Linux distro should have network install option. It is a basic boot disk that you make with networking so you can get to the ftp, http, or nfs share. I personally only done RH 7.1 over network install once, but have done dozens of Debian netinst & found it only take abit of reading to do a network install + it is quite a bit slower than CD install.

I think I took me 6 hours to do RH 7.1 once and it discurage me because of the time it took to down load (I did it on the second week that 7.1 was released). However I still do network install for Debian, because a minimalist install take me an average of 25 min for netinst to compleate.

Every conseques install after you create your set of install floppy is gravy, because all you have to do is rename the path to the appropriate package location.
 
Originally posted by: manly
Although the media check passed (whatever it does), are there any nuances to burning the ISO that might affect operation? Did you use cdrecord? Did you pass any particular burning settings that could possibly cause runtime error?
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I used ezcd creator. The checksum matched (or whatever the media checck does) so it should work. I have 3-4 copies of disc 3 and none work.
 
Originally posted by: lowtech
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: lowtech
That is really strange that you are having that problem.

As for RH 7.x ISO I only had experience with 7.0 (suck) 7.1, 7.2 & now 8.0.

Have you try download 7.2 or 7.1 then upgrade to 7.3?

Or have you try a network install?

Red Hat Linux 7.3: The Official Red Hat Linux x86 Installation Guide - Preparing for a Network Installation
Click to expand...

I did not see a network install option when I booted off the floppy or the cd, so I figured there was not one. I have not downloaded 7.x other than 7.3 because I dont want to spend another 2 days downloading it. Ive got slackware downloaded and if that burns correctly (crappy burner) and installs correctly I will use it for the time being. Ill look into that network install for later though, thanks.
Click to expand...

I'm not sure, but most Linux distro should have network install option. It is a basic boot disk that you make with networking so you can get to the ftp, http, or nfs share. I personally only done RH 7.1 over network install once, but have done dozens of Debian netinst & found it only take abit of reading to do a network install + it is quite a bit slower than CD install.

I think I took me 6 hours to do RH 7.1 once and it discurage me because of the time it took to down load (I did it on the second week that 7.1 was released). However I still do network install for Debian, because a minimalist install take me an average of 25 min for netinst to compleate.

Every conseques install after you create your set of install floppy is gravy, because all you have to do is rename the path to the appropriate package location.
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Like I said, it did not have the option when I booted off the disk, so I figured RH sucks. Which it managed to prove.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: manly
Although the media check passed (whatever it does), are there any nuances to burning the ISO that might affect operation? Did you use cdrecord? Did you pass any particular burning settings that could possibly cause runtime error?
Click to expand...

I used ezcd creator. The checksum matched (or whatever the media checck does) so it should work. I have 3-4 copies of disc 3 and none work.
Click to expand...
Not that it should matter here, but any chance you can use CD mastering software that's actually respected? 😀
 
Originally posted by: manly
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: manly
Although the media check passed (whatever it does), are there any nuances to burning the ISO that might affect operation? Did you use cdrecord? Did you pass any particular burning settings that could possibly cause runtime error?
Click to expand...

I used ezcd creator. The checksum matched (or whatever the media checck does) so it should work. I have 3-4 copies of disc 3 and none work.
Click to expand...
Not that it should matter here, but any chance you can use CD mastering software that's actually respected? 😀
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Yes, when you solve my problem. Go away.
 
I've installed RH more times than I can remember and haven't seen that happen outside of a bad d/l or media.

What does the error message say specifically? When the installer dumps out it should say what the problem is. You can also switch to a different terminal during the install and see what it says there.
 
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
I've installed RH more times than I can remember and haven't seen that happen outside of a bad d/l or media.

What does the error message say specifically? When the installer dumps out it should say what the problem is. You can also switch to a different terminal during the install and see what it says there.
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Something along the lines of "This is not the correct RedHat cdrom". I cannot switch to F4 because that suspends the laptop.
 
Im trying to install it on a desktop system now, if the heat problems go away and the media isnt bad it shouldnt be a problem.... Spoke too soon 🙁
 
I don't know whats on disk 3 but could you perhaps deselect the package series (or whatever RH calls them) and just use the first two disks?
 
Originally posted by: Bremen
I don't know whats on disk 3 but could you perhaps deselect the package series (or whatever RH calls them) and just use the first two disks?
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I think its the laptop stuff. I installed the system on Yet Another Desktop System and it worked fine and did not ask for the third disk. I even installed more crap than before.

So this crisis is "solved." Ill chalk it up to stupid media problems. And yes, ezcd creator is as lame as the hair on a llama's butt, but its easy and the computer isnt mine. 🙂

I still think RH's install is a POS. 😉
 
I too had a hard time installing RH 7.0 on a Compaq laptop about 2 years ago, but Debian went on it with out a hitch.

And, did you choses laptop install option?
 
Their installer is a matter of preference. After installing it several hundred times and getting used to their way of doing things it becomes fairly straightforward.

There are other aspects of their installation mechanisms such as kickstart (I'm not sure if this is distro specific, or if others have their own form of auto installation) which make mass installs easy to deal with. Put in the bootnet floppy, plug in the data feed and turn it on, and that's it.
 
I'm not sure if this might be the same, but:

Last summer I had a wicked bitchfest hellfight of a time getting slack 8 installed on some IBM x350's. Wound up ripping out the CD drives and replacing them with these crusty old beige ones from some P2 systems (which really destroyed the look of those sleek black rack servers).

Found out later that the ide/atapi driver was just slightly incompatable with my setup, and was causing CRC errors.

Question and a suggestion: What brand/model laptop is it? and definatly try RH 8 on it. I read all sorts of articles about the things i was gonna have to tweak and change and whatnot on my IBM T23 with redhat 7.3, installed 8 and bam, it did everything for me.

bart
 
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