Andy Grundman (ag_tiny@hotmail.com)
Thu, 08 Apr 1999 11:43:36 EDT
Thanks again all.. I ended up doing the 3-floppy install, with a
linload disk, a vmlinux.gz disk and the ramdisk. It got into RH
install, but it still couldn't read from either of my CD's.. right
now I'm just going to try a hard disk install.. since whatever
network card is in this machine isn't detected by anything.
-Andy
>From: "Hoover, Tony" <hoover@sal.ksu.edu>
>Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
>To: "'axp-list@redhat.com'" <axp-list@redhat.com>
>Subject: RE: Help! Installing RH5.2 on SX164 -
>Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 09:34:59 -0500
>
>There is a utility called mkisofs that came from the Unix/Linux
world and
>was ported to WIN32. This utility allows you to make a disk that is
ISO9660
>level 3 ( 32char file names native), Joliet, and RockRidge
extensions ( and
>even all at the same time if you want! )
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>KSU - Salina, College of Technology
>mailto:hoover@sal.ksu.edu
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>> ----------
>> From: Andy Grundman[SMTP:ag_tiny@hotmail.com]
>> Reply To: axp-list@redhat.com
>> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 7:10 AM
>> To: axp-list@redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: Help! Installing RH5.2 on SX164 -
>>
>> Yes this could be the problem.. I have a burned CD but it is in
CDFS
>> format, not ISO9660. The system sees it fine though, and it boots
>> the kernel.. oh well I will just burn another one in iso9660.
>> Thanks all,
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> >From: Jaap Hogenberg <Jaap.Hogenberg@nl.abnamro.com>
>> >Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
>> >To: axp-list <axp-list@redhat.com>
>> >Subject: Re: Help! Installing RH5.2 on SX164 - "Unable to open an
>> initial console."
>> >Date: 08 Apr 1999 10:32:07 +0200
>> >
>> >>>>> "Andy Grundman" said:
>> >>> I am trying to install RH5.2 on an SX164 at work and it keeps
>> giving
>> >>> me the error message "Unable to open an initial console."
after I
>> boot
>> >>> off the cd-rom (boot -t iso9660 hdc:kernels/sx164.gz
>> root=/dev/hdc).
>> >>> It goes through a typical linux boot, then hangs after that
>> error. I
>> >>> have to manually restart the system from there.
>> >
>> >>This seems to happen on some machines; try using the RAMdisk
floppy
>> >>instead...
>> >
>> >>--Jay++
>> >
>> >I've seen this happen with copied CD's that are copied using
windoze.
>> >One on one copies are fine , but if you want to put something
extra
>> on
>> >such a CD
>> >micro$oft makes a iso9660 with Joliet extensions, which are , as
you
>> >would have guessed by now,
>> >not compatible with RockRidge extensions , and this will mess up
>> the /dev
>> >on the cd.
>> >Actually , mess up isn't right, there's just nothing there.
>> >So , am I right , is it a Joliet fs CD ?
>> >
>> >And , more importantly , is it a good idea to include support for
>> this in
>> >the kernels that
>> >are shipped with the original distributions (which IMHO would fix
>> all
>> >this ?)
>> >
>> >Jaap
>> >
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