[TriLUG] RedHat CD install hangs

Elliot Badham Peele ebpeele2 at unity.ncsu.edu
Thu Nov 15 21:22:45 EST 2001


you could just install off of a local redhat mirror such as:

	kickstart.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/redhat/redhat-7.2

elliot

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Craig Duncan wrote:

> Have you considered an HTTP install or copying the ISO images onto the hard
> drive and installing from there? For the first, all you need is a local http
> server from which to publish the contents of the CDROM's and the later can
> be done from a DOS partition. Also, try moving the CDROM onto another
> controller.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org]On Behalf
> Of Kevin Hunter
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:51 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] RedHat CD install hangs
>
>
>
> ( I hope this is the write place to post a question.  If not, my
> apologies )
>
> I was able to install linux on to a test machine earlier by booting
> off the RedHat CD.  The cdrom drive was on it's own ide channel w/ a
> std ide cable.  Since, I have moved the cdrom to the slave of the
> primary ide ( ultra dma ) channel and it's hooked up via an ata100
> cable.  I can still boot off the cd, but it hangs after selection of
> the install type ( custom ).
>
> I found something on redhat's site about this.  It's a bug fixed in
> one of the kernel updates, but I'm still so new to this, I'm not sure
> a kernal update is what I need at this point.  I have tried booting
> from a boot disk, but that still leaves me hung up when trying to
> read from the CD.  I have seen posts to RedHat that hint I will still
> have problems mounting my CD even if I get it installed.
>
> I tried disabling dma in the bios, but that didn't help.  I saw
> mention of a "ide1=nodma" but the person said that didn't work.  What
> is the proper work around for installing/using your cdrom drive if
> it's connected to a ultra dma controller.
>
> Spec's:
> Trying to install RedHat linux 7.1
> Mom board is abit kg7
> cdrom drive is an old toshiba 8x
>
> install hangs right after choosing the type of install.
>
> Thx in advance!!
>
> KH
>
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