PS: Re: [olug] linux 7.2

[Calvin W. Kline, jr.]

I forgot:  Then, if your BIOS supports booting from the CD, you boot
from disk1 (and disk2 when it's called for later in the bootstrap
process).  Or you create a boot floppy with rawrite, and boot from the
floppy which reads and loads the CD disk1 & disk2.

Calvin W. Kline, jr. wrote:
> 
> Use your favorite CD Writing utility to "write an image" (the ISO image)
> to the CD.  Do not write the iso file, but rather the image contained
> with the iso file.  Most utilities have a "create image" and a "write
> image" selection.  Choose "write image" and then select the iso file
> containing the RedHat image to write to the CD.  Five image file, I
> think, for five CDs:  two boot, two SRPM, one documentation.
> 
> Nate wrote:
> >
> > Well, I have succeeded in getting the downloaded ISO's on my Hard Disk.  Now
> > what ?  Do I convert these to something.  Do I use them as is?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nate
> >
> > ktb wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 03:17:31PM -0600, Nate Brown wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to download Red hat 7.2.   I'm not able to do this over the
> > > > past 4 days.  Everytime I connect to any site it takes me to the redhat
> > > > site.  I connect at very small speeds such as 15 kbps even though I have
> > > > a cable connection.  If I wait til it finally downloads the complete
> > > > file it is never complete and usually deletes itself on completion and
> > > > if it does not delete it's usually only a file of 0 bytes.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using windows because I just formatted my HD and do not have linux
> > > > on the machine.  I'm using both netscape and ftp clients such as bullet
> > > > proof and wsftp.
> > > >
> > > > I'm stumped .
> > >
> > > The Redhat ftp is usually slow.  Have you tried the various mirrors they
> > > list?  Try http://www.linuxiso.org/
> > >
> > > Make sure you have enough disk space for the iso you are downloading.
> > > hth,
> > > kent
> > >
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