I would doubt that you could swap devices to proceed with the installation. If you have a means to create .iso images on your hd of the two 7.2 installation cdroms, you can install from a boot floppy using the iso images. What exactly happens when you boot to the CDROM? You do do it from a cold start, right? On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Michael Weaver wrote: > Hi! > Today I tried to install Redhat 7.2 on my Compaq laptop. > With the use of the floppy disk we created of my system files, my personal > assistant or support worker managed to boot to DOS and with Fips managed to > partition my drive. > However, my CDROM drive wouldn't boot when the first Installation CD was > inserted so he had to use rawwrite to create a boot image disk for Redhat. > We managed to start the installation for Redhat but the problem was we kept > getting error messages so we had to terminate the installation. Also my > Compaq laptop is one where the CDROM drive and floppy drive are > interchangable which means you can't run both at the same time, you have to > have either the CDROM drive or floppy drive. > Could anyone possibly give me any advice? > Could it be that 7.2 doesn't support laptops and that the higher 7.3 version > of redhat or a different flavour of Linux should take me through the > installation without any problems? > The installation problems occured after the welcoming screen for Redhat > Linux. > Will I have any problem wif I ever get to the part where I will have to > switch drives from my Boot image disk to my CDROM to continue the > installation of Redhat? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org