On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 13:22 -0800, jackc wrote: > hi les, > > i tried that and the mount of the cd would not release so i could remove > it before a reboot. i was left facing install fresh or update > and having been down that road a half dozen times since last friday, > was disinclined to feed the cd's through again. > > any other ideas? tia,jackc... > yes, eject the CD after the machine shuts down and before it tries to reboot. Or just power it down then remove the CD when first powered on. > > On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 15:13 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 15:11, jackc wrote: > > > well, its looking like fc4 just isnt ready for prime time. > > > > > > i have a dell 2200 and its a criteria for a new desktop to > > > load/test on that platform first. > > > > > > after a number of trials, the reboot during cd#4 is constantly > > > returning to grub. > > > > > > trying the below works fine, but the reboot just returns to > > > the install dialog to start the whole thing over. > > > > By 'below' do you mean the boot into 'linux rescue' and > > the steps to 'grub-install'. What happens when you > > remove the CD and reboot after that? > > > > > > > > > its no closer to working. > > > > > > any final diagnostics i can try for this problem? > > > > > > my goal is not difficult, i am selecting everything > > > to install, auto partition w/remove all linux partitions. > > > > > > this box has successfully hosted many netbsd flavors and RH ES 4, > > > so i gotta be suspect of the fc4(i checked the cd sums too). > > > > > > frustrated and disappointed, jackc... > > > > > > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 17:47 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 16:42 -0800, jackc wrote: > > > > > hi gang, > > > > > > > > > > so i load the 4 fc 4 cd's and after loaded the it says it wants to do a > > > > > graphical portion, reboots and i am looking a > > > > > > > > > > grub> > > > > > > > > > > prompt!! > > > > > > > > > > what the heck is supposed to happen now?! is this normal?! > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > no - not normal > > > > > > > > sounds as if you didn't allow grub to install the necessary stuff > > > > into /dev/hda > > > > > > > > try this... > > > > > > > > boot disk 1 > > > > skip media check > > > > type 'linux rescue' and press enter at boot prompt > > > > > > > > when finished loading... > > > > > > > > type 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' > > > > type 'grub-install -v /dev/hda' > > > > > > > > type 'exit' > > > > type 'exit' > > > > > > > > see if it reboots > > > > > > > > note - don't include the single quotes - they were for your > > > > identification only > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > -- > > > Jack Craig > > > > > > XPath/SAS Team > > > Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. > > > 1600 Technology Dr. > > > San Jose, CA 95110 > > > 408.333.7478 > > > Direct E-mail: jcraig@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > Jack Craig > > XPath/SAS Team > Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. > 1600 Technology Dr. > San Jose, CA 95110 > 408.333.7478 > Direct E-mail: jcraig@xxxxxxxxxxx >
