The install log says "trying to mount device hdc" as the last entry when
the error occurs.
John M. Clayton
EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellow
Former NSF Graduate Research Fellow
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Go Tigers!
On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, John Clayton wrote:
> I am trying to install 7.0 on a pws500a. I have CD's burned with
> downloaded image files, and according to other machines the directory
> structures are properly written to the CD's.
>
> I'm forced to install from a boot floppy and ramdisk via SRM. In my
> attempts to boot from the first CD, the boot sector was recognized but
> the CD could not be subsequently read. Anyway, I get to the text mode
> installation screens, but once I select "Local CDROM" in the
> Installation Method screen, I get an error:
>
> "I could not find a Red Hat Linux CDROM in any of your CDROM drives.
> Please insert the Red Hat CD and press OK to retry"
>
> The CD is present. Furthermore, my CDROM drive is locked and I can't open
> it to retrieve the CD without rebooting. I know that the correct
> directory structure is present on the CD and that all the files are
> probably there. Also, the CDROM drive works properly under an existing
> version of Linux (6.1, I believe).
>
> Please help. I checked the archives and didn't see anything to help.
>
> John M. Clayton
> EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellow
> Former NSF Graduate Research Fellow
>
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>
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