[H-GEN] redhat install

[Geoffrey D. Bennett]

> Yes I finally took the plunge...  I've scrapped Solaris and I'm 
> installing redhat 4.2.  Or rather I'm trying to.
> 
> I barely get into the installation when I'm asked for the type of CD 
> drive that I'm using.  
> 
> Well I'm using a SCSI CD-ROM on an Adaptec AHA-2940 adapter.  The CD 
> is on SCSI ID 6.  So I answer SCSI, give my adapter type, and say 
> that the program should probe to find the drive (as I don't know the 
> setup parameters which are in the other option).
> 
> After probing for a short while (the CD lights up briefly in this 
> time) I get an error from "mount" saying that I have an invalid 
> parameter.  When I press OK I get a more intelligible message saying 
> that it can't find a CD on /dev/scd0.
> 
> Since this seems to me that it wants to find the SCSI CD on id #0, 
> and I don't want to change it from #6, is there any way I can install 
> redhat from CD?

Hi Paul,

The ID number is not the problem.  /dev/scd0 refers to the first SCSI
CD-ROM drive, regardless of what the ID is.

Switch to the other virtual consoles (ALT-F1 through ALT-F6) and check
if there is any other information that relates to the CD-ROM drive.

Did you try it more than once?  I think it gives you an option to
retry when it fails; did you try that?  Some CD-ROM drives will take a
couple of seconds to pick up the fact the there is a CD in there, and
until they do, the mount will fail.  Perhaps you pressed "Ok" too
quickly; I've had it fail before due to that.

Regards,
-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey at netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/
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