On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Bob Mclaughlin wrote: > I have the 6 shrike .iso's on CD's with all good MD5SUM > downloaded from Red Hat. These are "Red Hat Linux CD-ROMs". > My computer will boot from a CD-ROM and the BIOS is set to > do so. When I boot, the system tries to read the CD-ROM and > can't (surprise, suprise). I went back again to the FM to > review booting. It says to use the "Red Hat Linux CD-ROMs" > to build a boot disc by copying the isolinux/ directory from > the first Red Hat Linux CD-ROM. There are no directories on > the CD. It is an .iso file. So I try to make a boot > diskette. The great FM say to go to > http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ to get updated > diskette images obtained from the Red Hat Linux errata page. > If they are there, they are well hidden. So come on guys, Looks like they are there on my images to me. mount iso 1 on a loopback device and you too will see it. # mkdir loop ; mount -o loop \ /var/ftp/pub/mirror/redhat/ISO/9.0/shrike-i386-disc1.iso \ ./loop Sun Apr 6 22:14:19 EDT 2003 bash-2.05b$ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 497829 281042 191085 60% / /dev/hda1 31079 26727 2748 91% /boot /dev/hda9 1517920 1243740 197072 87% /home none 127724 0 127724 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda8 497829 24859 447268 6% /tmp /dev/hda6 2522048 2224936 168996 93% /usr /dev/hda7 497829 382501 89626 82% /var /dev/hda11 15820524 13851132 1165744 93% /var/ftp/pub/mirror /var/ftp/pub/mirror/redhat/ISO/9.0/shrike-i386-disc1.iso 653312 653312 0 100% /var/ftp/pub/loop/ftpinstall/1 /var/ftp/pub/mirror/redhat/ISO/9.0/shrike-i386-disc2.iso 661632 661632 0 100% /var/ftp/pub/loop/ftpinstall/2 /var/ftp/pub/mirror/redhat/ISO/9.0/shrike-i386-disc3.iso 496672 496672 0 100% /var/ftp/pub/loop/ftpinstall/3 bash-2.05b$ ls -al /var/ftp/pub/loop/ftpinstall/1/isolinux/ total 3509 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Mar 13 21:58 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 6144 Mar 13 22:04 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root root 621 Mar 13 22:23 TRANS.TBL -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2048 Mar 13 22:23 boot.cat -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 342 Mar 13 21:58 boot.msg -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 957 Mar 13 21:58 general.msg -rw-r--r-- 6 root root 2704029 Mar 13 21:58 initrd.img -r--r--r-- 2 root root 9400 Mar 13 22:18 isolinux.bin -r-xr-xr-x 2 root root 435 Mar 13 21:58 isolinux.cfg -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 730 Mar 13 21:58 options.msg -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 869 Mar 13 21:58 param.msg -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 531 Mar 13 21:58 rescue.msg -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 549 Mar 13 21:58 snake.msg -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 5420 Mar 13 21:58 splash.lss -rw-r--r-- 6 root root 855693 Mar 13 21:58 vmlinuz bash-2.05b$ ==================================== So is the .iso to burned for am mini-cd install booter: bash-2.05b$ ls -al /var/ftp/pub/loop/ftpinstall/1/images/ total 9388 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Mar 13 22:04 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 6144 Mar 13 22:04 .. -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 890 Mar 13 21:58 README -r--r--r-- 1 root root 361 Mar 13 22:23 TRANS.TBL -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 3702784 Mar 13 22:04 boot.iso -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 1474560 Mar 13 21:58 bootdisk.img -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 1474560 Mar 13 21:58 drvblock.img -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 1474560 Mar 13 21:58 drvnet.img -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 1474560 Mar 13 21:58 pcmciadd.img drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Mar 13 22:04 pxeboot bash-2.05b$ -------------------------------------- To burn the iso's or /var/ftp/pub/loop/ftpinstall/1/images/boot.iso properly: # cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -speed=4 -eject \ /var/ftp/pub/mirror/redhat/ISO/9.0/shrike-i386-disc1.iso -or- # cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -speed=4 -eject \ /var/ftp/pub/loop/ftpinstall/1/images/boot.iso ... assuming your cdburner is detected at 0,0,0 by: # modprobe ide-scsi ; cdrecord -scanbus This variant of the test should permit detection of both IDE (through the psuedo SCSI layer), or a pre-existing SCSI device. ------------------------------------ Once you demonstrate success in mounting them, it is easy enough to follow the many examples around the net, and do a local boot, or a CD boot or FTP or NFS install or upgrade. http://www.owlriver.com/tips/hands-off/ -or- http://www.owlriver.com/tips/pxe-install/ -- Russ Herrold
