[TriLUG] Install fail on DEC Celebris

[Brent Fox]

On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 19:27, Cynthia MacQuarrie wrote:
> Hi Brent, I saw your entry regarding reported problems with DEC Celebris 
> PPro machines.  I have one of those machines I'm trying to load 7.2 on 
> and not getting very far.   I'm wondering of the problem you reference 
> is my problem.  The install gets through formatting the filesystems and 
> then fails with a message something like   "fail : read ... operation 
> prohibited" and then exits.   I would appreciate your comments/suggestions.
> Regards,
> Ian  

You are most certainly seeing bug #55486
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55486).  There is
an updates disk available at
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/bfox/7.2-celebris-quickfix.img.

You'll need to dd that image to a floppy.  Then boot off the 7.2 cd and
type 'linux updates' at the boot prompt.  Then insert the floppy that
you just made when the installer prompts you for it.  That should fix
the problem.  Let me know if that doesn't work.


Cheers,
   Brent