How much memory? Are they simply scsi disks or is there some sort of special raid device? (someone recently posted about compaq smart disk array problems. see archive for details). Have you tried the various other flags that turn off dma and other performance features? Please try googling for it or searching the list archives. - Kevin On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:49:42 +1200, Maurice Mcfarlane <mmcfarlane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Ok I am not sure if I am onto something or not and being a linux newbie I > may be way off target so please correct me if I am wrong. > > I have been trying to upgrade my Compaq ML350 dual processor SCSI HDD X2 > currently running FC1. I can boot to the CD no problems and get to the > splash screen, I type "linux text" the computer proceeds as normal but ends > up with "exec of anaconda failed: No such file or directoryinstall exited > abnormally" which then sends termination. Doesn't matter what > switches/options I use I get the same. > > CD's have been verified and in fact tested on another computer which > installs fine. > > I did a little digging and found that FC2 installer once started seems to be > looking for /dev/CD-ROM. On FC1 the cd is /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hda and the > mount is /mnt/cdrom > > It would appear that /dev/hda is compiled on the machine as cdrom and needs > to be CD-ROM which I don't know how to do. > > I would very much appreciate anyone's input on this. > > -- > > Maurice Mcfarlane > > --- > [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses by the IPC E-mail server] > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
