[mankuri]

Hello!

I'm a complete newbie ! I want to start with Rh 9.
I got my ideas from Linux installation Guide 3.2 by
Matt Welsh, and some modified issues of the same .

Third world here.. slow modem speeds...No boxed sets
on the software stores.. so I downloaded the files in the installation tree in the RH FTP site (in
a cyber cafe )I needed and burned a cd in order to do
a custom minimal install by hardrive install, booting
by floppy diskette.

The installation process came up with an error that no
RH CD Rom images (or something similar) appear on my
/dev/hda1 !

Examination of the base folder in Redhat dir shows 3
image files...(hdstg2.img,netstg2.img,stg2.img) I
wonder if I had to burn these as exact images ? Or do
I have to burn all files downloaded as exact images ?
The boot disk image downloaded worked fine after
writing it to floppy using rawrite which unfortunately
I could not use on the images found in the base folder
coz of their size ! Can these images work when burned
normally onto a cd ?

Thats why I'm wondering if the installation is
possible without downloading the iso's,( which
will take me forever ) !!

I got info about the files needed from
http://penguin.epfl.ch/comps/9/comps.html
The installation tree was downloaded off ftp site
redhat and their mirror sites using FTP Commander by
http:/www.internet-soft.com

Please someone help !!!
frustrated newbie !

[hackedsmurf]

I tried many ways of isntalling redhat 9.

one was i downloaded the boot.iso and burnt onto a cd and that started up fine and the other way was just booting from the first image of the iso for redhat 9. you should just download the 2 isos and then copy them on cd and boot from the first one and go into graphical mode for install..

very easy install i think...

or you could just buy a book which comes with the cds that is the other option i did on my 12th install when i finally mastered installing redhat.

[mankuri]

Thx '
IN africa....most store have no use for it or the havent heard of it.
My connection is a slow one ....Cant it work by downloading the files and not the images ?