settin up linux - IT WONT WORK!

[Guest_imported]

Hey,
Ive downloaded RedHat Linux 7 ISO images. I burned them to two CD's and labelled them CD1 and CD2. I set the bios up to boot from CD-ROM. But it wont boot from the CD's. Then I got a boot disk and downloaded the image, and used rawrite and set it up. Then booted from floppy. The program then asks me where to find the installation files. I select CD-ROM, but it dosent work. Any suggestions!
Thanx.

 

[TheRAt]

Sounds like either the ISO images burned incorrectly, or the CD-ROM drive cannot read the CDs... Does the machine already have an OS on it... If so, can you mount the ISO'ed CD's using this, and can you see the contents of the ISO images?

AV
tnedor@yahoo.com

 

[rycamor]

Can you read the CD's from another computer? If so, go in and look at some of the filenames. If the filenames look like APACHE~1.RPM, rather than Apache-1.3.19_i386.rpm etc..., then your disk was created with DOS style filenames, and will be useless for Linux. Try burning again and selecting long or "Joliet" style filenames, or the "El Torito" format (Who thought up these names?) in your CD creator software.

That is just one possibility. If you really are having trouble with the CDs, you can get a cheap burned copy of RedHat or many other Linux distributions for just a few dollars each at

http://www.cheapbytes.com.

 

[Guest_imported]

Hey,
Im usin Windows Me. It can read the CD's and it reads 7.0-respin-disc1.iso, so its not what rycamor said above. Also, what does TheRat mean by mounting the CD's? How can I do that under Windows?
Thanx

 

[rycamor]

What do you mean it reads 7.0-respin-disc1.iso?

Do you mean that's the name for the CDROM that shows up in My Computer, or do you mean that's what you find when you browse inside the CDROM?

 

[Guest_imported]

The name of the DCROM is CD1, and when I browse inside the CDROM the file reads 7.0-respin-disc1.iso.

 

[rycamor]

Well... that's not right. You should see folders and hundreds of files inside. When you burn an ISO file to CD, that's not the same as saving a group of files on a CD burner. Check your CD creation software for more info about burning ISO files.

In case you are unfamiliar with the term, an ISO file is a disk image (your CD-R software might use that term instead), rather than just a group of files to be placed on the disk. It is a more exact way of reproducing a CDROM or any other disk. The difference is that the ISO file needs to be converted back to regular files as it burns on the disk.

 

[Guest_imported]

thanx, ill try that.