Re: upgrading RedHat

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: http://www.juno.com/~w1few (rich)
 > Date: Thu  Mar  6,  5:32pm
 >
 > 
 > On Thu, 6 Mar 1997 11:24:19 -0800 http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert) writes:
 > >
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 > >
 > >
 > >I got through upgrading RedHat to 4.1.  I don't recommend using their 
 > >way of
 > >upgrading RedHat to 4.1 using the floppy unless you have a very 
 > >reliable
 > >CD-ROM drive.  Because my CD-ROM drive died in the middle of the 
 > >upgrade, the
 > >hard-disk was completely screwed and I had to reformat it and just 
 > >reinstall
 > >from scratch!
 > >
 > >Just a warning...
 > I'm trying to install RedHat 4.1 on a 1.6 meg hard disk.   I'm using a
 > Mitsumi CD rom which reads fine.  After the floppy and CD loads then it
 > reboots and without the floppy in there it types LI and hangs.  I'm about
 > to go back to Walnut Creek unless you have some ideas.  The old hard disk
 > with the previous version works fine still so I don't want to write over
 > it.

This is precisely the problem I have.

Here's the deal (as H. Ross would say...).  You need to re-run lilo on the
hard-drive.  Do this by rebooting with the RedHat floppy and type "rescue".
You'll need the supplemental floppy.  Once you've got the '#' prompt,
mount the hard-drive:

# mkdir /mnt
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt

Then, do:

# cp /mnt/etc/lilo.conf /etc

Make sure /etc/lilo.conf looks OK.  (One prob I had was that because my second
partition was DOS and wasn't formatted as such, lilo kept failing, so I deleted
that entry.)

Look at /etc/lilo.conf.  There should be a couple of files referenced in the
/boot dir.  You'll need to copy these.  Do:

# mkdir /boot

then copy those files from /mnt/boot to /boot.  (Hopefully, you'll have enough
space on the ram drive.  Be sure to only copy the files referenced in
/etc/lilo.conf to save space.)

I think I then had to re-create the /dev/hda1 device.  To do this, you
need to do

# ls -l /mnt/dev/hda1
brw-r-----   1 root      <maj>,  <min> Jun 26  1996 /dev/hda1

where "maj" is the major device number and "min" is the minor device
number.  After getting those device numbers, do:

# mknod /dev/hda1 b [maj] [min]

Finally, run lilo:

# /mnt/sbin/lilo

Hopefully, lilo will say something like "added vmlinuz" or something.  Then,
try rebooting off your hard-drive.

Give me a call at work during the day or at home during the evening or weekend
if you want help.