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Arakon
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 Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 9:50 pm Post subject: DISC Error? |
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I get this error when it tries to boot the GENTOO 1.2 CD
ISOLINUX 1.67 2002-02-03 isolinux: Failed to get sector size, assuming 0000
Isolinux: Disk error 01, drive 9F
Boot failed: press a key to retry
I installed Redhat fine about a month ago. So whats the word from the professionals. Bad CD? Bad Drive? Dumbass User? |
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delta407
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm... your hardware seems to not like isolinux, the bootloader on the CD. Can you try a different CD-ROM?
Also, this is unlikely, but it is possible your burn is bad. |
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Arakon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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I got the same error with the 16 MB iso....
So that mean maybe my drive is bad?
guess its time to get ready to do some tar ball'n, eh? |
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delta407
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Your CD-ROM may not be bad, it could just be quirky enough so that isolinux won't like it. I'm not sure. |
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Arakon
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Would it be possible to install from inside another linux distrib.?
As i mentioned earlier in the post, Red Hat is already installed on the box... |
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delta407
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, sure -- boot up RedHat, pop in the CD, mount it, and do this:
| Code: | # cd /mnt/cdrom/isolinux
mkdir /boot/gentoo
cp rescue.gz kernel /boot/gentoo |
Then add the following to /boot/grub/menu.lst (or /etc/grub.conf, which is a symlink IIRC):
| Code: | title=Gentoo Installer
root (hd0,0) <-- change to whatever /boot is
kernel /gentoo/kernel devfs=nomount vga=normal load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=22000 root=/dev/ram0
initrd=rescue.gz |
That ought to do it. Reboot, select the Gentoo Installer, and proceed as normal. The only thing, though, is be sure to not reformat or repartition /boot, because if you lost power or had to reboot for whatever reason you would be screwed. |
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