[RULE] Kernel loading problems (CD-install)

[danj at netsoc.ucd.ie]

> 	Do you actually have a working MS-DOS installation on the DOS-partition
> on which you have XOSL installed?  How much space do you have assigned
> to it, and how much space do you have assigned to the Linux partition?
> Let's make sure that it is not a question of running out of space during
> installation...

MS-DOS was installed first and XOSL was installed in that partition just
like you'd install any other application! A summary of partition details
would look like the following:
    MS-DOS    Fat           50.6Mb    Primary
    SWAP      Linux Swap    10.8Mb    Primary
              Linux Ext2    341.1Mb   Primary     (83.3Mb by
                                                  installation so far)


> 	Other comments:
>
> 	Am I correct in understanding that xosl WILL boot the RedHat 8 CD, but
> it WILL NOT boot the slinky-v0.3.96 CD?  That would be the 27 MB
> download...

Yes that is correct, except that I have the V 8.0-0.3 CD, but that
shouldn't be a problem when looking for the kernel should it?
RedHat 8.0 boots and the installer fails due to memory problems
RedHat 9 boots and then fails due to what I think are hardware
compatability problems with the boot kernel. I am presently trying to
install RedHat 9 with Slinky-V 0.3.96.

> The CD must have been created okay if you can get at least
> part of the way through an installation using it as your source for the
> packages.

It never really occoured to me that the CD might not be created okay.
Is there some way to verify it's contents?
I haven't been able to use the CD at all during intallation, I tried to
use it during the promt for second stage scripts but it failed. But then
it didn't even seem to be trying. Could this be related to the lack of
BIOS CD support on my machine?

> You indicate below that you skipped the "fdisk/cfdisk" options, but I
> haven't ever done that, so I am not sure what the implications are.
> Regardless, are you still being offered the option to format your
> partitions by the installer?  If so, are you actually formatting them?

Yes, I format the partition as ext2.

> Yes, the 27MB download IS a problem for a lot of people.  The kernel
> needed to boot a 386 or 486 machine is available from RedHat as an
> update, but not as part of the standard installation CDs, as of RedHat
> 9.  However, a 386/486 kernel is present on RedHat 8, disk #3.  It's
> name is kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-14.i386.rpm.

I have a copy of RedHat 8.0, does this mean I can use that disk for the
kernel, won't the path be different? I would do omething about this
manually in the shell but as I've said the shell fails to start for me,
which is reeeeeeeeeelllllllllly fustrating as it kinda limits my options
for fixing the problem. I'll try using the red hat disk for the kernel,
but I'm not holding my breath, 'cos as I said the eject fails, and the
remount doesn't look as if it's quiering the CDROM.

toodels
Dan






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