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Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

 
Alexander Chuzhoy
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installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

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?
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Steven E. Protter
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Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

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.

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Alexander Chuzhoy
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Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

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?
Huc_1
Honored Contributor

Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

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

J-P

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Alexander Chuzhoy
Honored Contributor

Re: installing redhat 8.0 from boot diskette on PowerEdge 1750

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