Thanks. --- John Haxby <jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hanny Tidore wrote: > > >the checksum check after download is ok. > >Btw, I am installing the redhat 9 on vmware. The > funny > >thing is the problem only occur when I do media > check > >on vmware. > > > > > > Ahhh ... I thought so when I read your first > message, I thought, "I bet > that's a vmware installation". And I was right. > > vmware has problems with (real) CDs. A collegue of > mine noticed that > if you remove the first CD, close the drive, tell > the installation > process to continue (and fail to find a CD), put the > second CD in the > drive this time and *then* continue everything is OK > (I think that's > what he said). > > However, if you've got the CD images available, > point VMware at them > directly -- if they're not on the local disk, nfs > (or smbfs) mount > them. Apart from not having problems, reading > from a file is a _lot_ > quicker than reading from a CD. > > I take yet a third option. I extract the boot.iso > from the first CD and > point vmware at that and then I do a network install > from the directory > where I keep the CD images. This is even quicker > since you don't have > to keep changing (virtual) CDs. > > jch > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
