Re: [Lug-Nuts] Rookie question

From: Rick Johnson (rsjohn@directcon.net)
Date: Tue Aug 31 1999 - 08:57:25 PDT


Hey,

When the install disk boots and it starts detecting the hardware, what
does it list for the HDC entry? Does it actually show the CDROM name and
settings or does it only list HDA? Are there any warning messages listed?

Rick
rsjohn@directcon.net

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Mike Machado wrote:

:
:I have a machine that I am trying to load Red Hat 6.0 on. I am having
:trouble recognizing the CD-ROM to get the installation going. I have an
:IDE CD-ROM as master on the second channel which means HDC.
:
:Boot: linux hdc=cdrom
:
:That's what I enter at the boot prompt. I get into the installation menu, it asks where do I want to install from, I say cd-rom. It pauses, then comes back and says no medium found. Any suggestions?
:
:P.S., yes the CD-ROM is in the drive, I have triple checked.
:
:Thanks for any help you can offer.
:
:Jason Painter
:
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