[TriLUG] Help a Newbie?

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Thanks!

I tried both the copied disc and the original. Both failed :(

I have decided for now that SuSE will suffice, as I do not know much anyway!


Do you attend the monthly meetings?

Nick


>On Fri, 02 Aug 2002 14:12:59 -0400 Scott Chilcote
<scottchilcote at earthlink.net> wrote.
>Hi Nick,
>
>Although it isn't clear from your message, I'm assuming you're trying to 
>install Redhat 7.3 on the same laptop system over a SuSE installation. 
>Your CD-ROM drive is refusing to boot from the Redhat CD.
>
>There's no software fix I know of to correct a CD boot failure.  Are you 
>using a Redhat distribution CD (from a shrink-wrapped box) or one that 
>you or someone else made?  It's not unusual to have problems reading a 
>homemade CD from time to time.  Even if it can be booted in another 
>system (did you check this?) CD-ROM drives can be sensitive to the type 
>of media used, or if it was burned at too fast a speed for the media.
>
>If you have a Windows machine handy, you can see it that will boot the 
>Redhat CD.
>
>Good luck.
>
>                   Scott C.
>
>
>Nick Goldwater wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>> 
>> I am VERY new to Linux and have a very basic question. I have
successfully 
>> installed SuSE and recently obtained RedHat 7.3 -- When I installed SuSE
(on 
>> my IBM i Series laptop) I was able to boot directly from the first disc.
With 
>> Redhat I get 'Boot Failed'. What concerns me is the only drive I have on
my 
>> laptop is a cd-rom. 
>> 
>> Any suggestions would be very helpful and greatly appreciated!
>
>
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