RH 7.3 install hell

[tickticker]

I got it up, here's the scoop:

when installing the first time, at the point where you commit and click n=
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to actually start the partition formatting and loadin the chosen rpms, it=
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came back with the error of not being able to copy the install image, per=
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there wasn't enuff room (there was), so I clicked 'next' again and it wor=
ked. =20
went to create my bood floppy, and it wouldn't create and the floppy list=
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stayed on.  opened the hood and whoever made the server put on the floppy=
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cable backwards.

so i had to do it again... no big deal.  well, it wouldn't copy the image=
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again, even on the second or third try, so I did the complete install aga=
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and again, and again, and again, change partition sizes as I went.  No lu=
ck. =20
So I just sat there clicking the final 'next' after the image copy failur=
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and on the 7TH(!) time it just worked and it's up!

Crazy stuff.  But the server is up and running, boot floppy made and all.=
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reminds me of back when you had to start the install with the 3 boot flop=
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and only about 1 out of every 2 would work the first time, but after=20
repeatedly inserting the same floppy you would succeed.

anyway, that's this particular headache by the wayside.

anthony

On Wednesday 05 March 2003 08:17 pm, Michael Havens wrote:
> Don't install 7.3. It is what tured me off to redhat.