From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 115123F195 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:48:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g5PGlwU24062 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:47:58 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g5PGlwd24052 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:47:58 -0400 Received: from toccata.rednote.net (dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.170.86]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g5PGcZ903315 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:38:35 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5PGlcb22003 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:47:39 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:47:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: LINUX ON LAPTOP In-Reply-To: <001101c21c67$f24df640$117e7ad5@oemcomputer> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I would doubt that you could swap devices to proceed with the installation. If you have a means to create .iso images on your hd of the two 7.2 installation cdroms, you can install from a boot floppy using the iso images. What exactly happens when you boot to the CDROM? You do do it from a cold start, right? On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Michael Weaver wrote: > Hi! > Today I tried to install Redhat 7.2 on my Compaq laptop. > With the use of the floppy disk we created of my system files, my personal > assistant or support worker managed to boot to DOS and with Fips managed to > partition my drive. > However, my CDROM drive wouldn't boot when the first Installation CD was > inserted so he had to use rawwrite to create a boot image disk for Redhat. > We managed to start the installation for Redhat but the problem was we kept > getting error messages so we had to terminate the installation. Also my > Compaq laptop is one where the CDROM drive and floppy drive are > interchangable which means you can't run both at the same time, you have to > have either the CDROM drive or floppy drive. > Could anyone possibly give me any advice? > Could it be that 7.2 doesn't support laptops and that the higher 7.3 version > of redhat or a different flavour of Linux should take me through the > installation without any problems? > The installation problems occured after the welcoming screen for Redhat > Linux. > Will I have any problem wif I ever get to the part where I will have to > switch drives from my Boot image disk to my CDROM to continue the > installation of Redhat? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org