So there's a defect in the redhat 6.2 CD's because you can't use the
install kernel to run the system. Very interesting logic
indeed!! Brent: send me your phone number or call me at the number at
the top of this message and I'll talk you through compiling a new
kernel.
Bill in Denver
On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Chris Schulte wrote:
> This sounds like a similar problem I had, the only difference being that I
> was unable to completely make a new kernel. I'm thinking there's a bug in
> 6.2's software. Maybe they have shipped bad cd's. As a result, the $80 I
> spent on Redhat is more or less used as an expensive manual for commands.
> If I were you, I'd go back to zipspeak for the time being.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brent Harding" <bharding at ufw2.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 1:37 PM
> Subject: installed rh 6.2 from talking bootdisk, but it's kernel refuses to
> work properly when copied in from the bootdisk
>
>
> > I was installing rh 6.2 yesterday from a CD I got from cheapbytes.com. I
> > got the thing installed all the way, and it rebooted. When linux loaded it
> > didn't come talking. The keymap fails to load. When I got in and replaced
> > the kernel with that found on the boot disk, and rebooted, I got speech
> but
> > tons of errors, and ppp gave error can't open ppp0, error 4. Loading the
> > module gives unresolved symbols. I still have zipspeak around here yet,
> how
> > should I fix this so things come up like they should? How do I change the
> > default operating system to boot, as lilo put linux first, is there a cut
> > and paste console utility to do this?
> >
> >
> >
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