topic Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750 in Operating System - Linux

installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 07:20:54 GMT

I'm trying to install redhat 8.0 on Poweredge 1750.Since I want to use network installation over NFS-I'm booting from floppy (redhat boot floppy) and after typing in appropriate place "linux dd" I can insert the diskette with drivers and to select to best one for me.
I choose tg3 (I got it from lsmod on working machine of the same type with the same nics).
It seems to load the driver and then I get the screen of installation methods again , and if I choose AGAIN nfs method I get AGAIN list of drivers and so on....
When I try to do the installation of redhat 9 -no problem, but I need 8.0 and I don't want to use CDs for installation.
Is there a way to boot from image diskette of redhat9 and to connect to tree of 8.0?

Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 10:18:18 GMT

The process for building a network boot diskette is slightly different for RH8 versus RH9.

You have to have a diffferent boot image file.

You aren't using the same diskette are you? If so, you need to make a RH8 diskette specifically.

SEP

Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 10:24:42 GMT

Hi SEP . You're still the man...
well I do know how to make image diskettes -my problem is different...
anyway
Is there a way to boot from image diskette of redhat9 and to connect to tree installation (shared via NFS) of 8.0?

Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

Huc_1 — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:37:18 GMT

If you do up to while it is in the again and again can you not see more usefull info ?

J-P

Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:13:36 GMT

Hey Huc-no .. no iportant for me info :(