redhat failure

[Robert Dege]

If you're using a 166 system, your cd-rom might be the problem.  I
remember way back when that certain cdroms were finicky about burned cd's,
and the density of the cds used.

-Rob

> I have an old Gateway P/166... I can't get it to even recognize the RH8
> CD's I downloaded and burned.  Yet, it recognizes the RH 7.3 disks I
> have.  That 166 is now my home file server running RH 7.3...
>
> I believe my problem is the motherboard used, the IDE controller/BIOS/or
> some other factor may not properly recognize the boot sectors of my RH 8
> cd's.  You may want to see if you have the same problems with RH 7.3.
>
> Wish I could help tho.
>
>     - Tony/"John Seth"
>
>
> Stephen wrote:
> > Good day
> >
> > Can someone sugest what to do
> >
> > I have an old P1 166Mhz tring to install RedHat 8
> >
> > First CD install ok but when it calls for second CD I get prompt CAN NOT
> > MOUNT CD
> > using iso downloaded version and WinMD5 checks CD ok
> >
> > thanks
>
>



Dege

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