RH 7.3 .iso files ** PEBKAC **

[tennesota]

I downloaded RH 7.3 .iso files a few days ago from one of the mirror sites. Disk 1 & 3 created installation CD's with no problems, disk 2 however has been a puzzling challenge.

I made three attempts to create the disk 2 installation CD but each attempt has resulted in a CD with a burn of the .iso file. I downloaded .iso file #2 from a different mirror site and I am getting the same results...the .iso file is burned to the CD instead of creation of an installation CD.

Anyone else having this problem?

 

[n0cmonkey]

md5sum matched up?

 

[tennesota]

yes.

 

[tennesota]

I downloaded the original files from University of Wisconsin. I thought perhaps .iso 2 had issues, so I downloaded this morning from a PA site. I tried to create the install CD again but the CD turns out to be a burn of the .iso file.

Both .iso 2 files return a check sum of: ec1b813d32ffdc8edc2be261735d17de

 

[LNXman]

Originally posted by: tennesota
I downloaded RH 7.3 .iso files a few days ago from one of the mirror sites. Disk 1 & 3 created installation CD's with no problems, disk 2 however has been a puzzling challenge.

I made three attempts to create the disk 2 installation CD but each attempt has resulted in a CD with a burn of the .iso file. I downloaded .iso file #2 from a different mirror site and I am getting the same results...the .iso file is burned to the CD instead of creation of an installation CD.

Anyone else having this problem?

If you have a loop device (i.e. /dev/loopX, where X is a number), try this for kicks (since everything seems to be fine).

At your C.L.I.:

-Go to your /tmp directory and create a mount point (i.e. a directory to mount ). Let's call it rhi2 for (red hat iso #2):
cd /tmp
mkdir rhi2

-As root, mount the iso image using the loop device:
mount -o loop -t iso9660 <location_or_the_iso_image> /tmp/rhi2

-If sucessful, go into /tmp/rhi2:
cd /tmp/rhi2

Now, Do you see any contents? You should see the contents of what the iso image has.

If the mounted /tmp/rhi2 shows an iso image, then that would be pretty funny because it meas R.H. created an iso of an iso of disk 2. Then, all you would have to do is copy the iso from the mounted /tmp/rhi2 somewhere else, and use it to create the cd.

If the mounted /tmp/rhi2 shows the contents to be installation directories, then there is something wrong with the iso image R.H. released. You can burn the contents of the cd straight from the mounted /tmp/rhi2, BUT you have to make sure you use the same cd-rom name the installer expects, else you run the chance of the installer not working during installation.

Try that, and let us know.

GL

P.S. Don't forget to unmount /tmp/rhi2 . .

/edit: Added P.S.

 

[n0cmonkey]

If you dont have linux installed, you can use isobuster or a program called daemontools (or something like that), both for Windows, to check the contents of the iso image.

 

[LNXman]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
If you dont have linux installed, you can use isobuster or a program called daemontools (or something like that), both for Windows, to check the contents of the iso image.

DOH! Forgot that Windows exists!

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: LNXman

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
If you dont have linux installed, you can use isobuster or a program called daemontools (or something like that), both for Windows, to check the contents of the iso image.

DOH! Forgot that Windows exists!

I try to, but Im at work right now... (and trying to fix my Mac )

 

[tennesota]

I am a Linux novice...so mush to learn so little time.

I do have Mandrake 8.x loaded on a hard drive so it is possible that I could try LNXman's suggestion.

 

[LNXman]

Originally posted by: tennesota
I am a Linux novice...so mush to learn so little time.

I do have Mandrake 8.x loaded on a hard drive so it is possible that I could try LNXman's suggestion.

If Mandrake has a loop device under /dev, then yes. Give it a shot.

 

[EmperorRob]

I had no trouble with the RedHat 7.3 iso's. What program are you using to burn them and how?

 

[tennesota]

The software is Nero and the problem was user error.