System Architecture: Intel
RedHat Release: RHL 5.2
FAQ Category: Installing Issues
Modification Date: Dec 24, 1998
Two problems arise when installing RHL on a machine with an LS-120 drive. -- The installation wizard hangs when trying to create the boot disk. -- Trying to mount files in the "usual" way -- e.g., with mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy results in a "wrong filesystem type or bad superblock" error
The problem is that (at least) some LS-120 drives are ATAPI and not IDE. The effect of this is that Linux treats it like another hard drive -- e.g., on my system, the LS-120 drive is /dev/hdd. Once you recognize this, the solutions to the above two problems are quite simple: (1) During the installation wizard, just answer "no" when the wizard asks you if you want to make a boot disk. You can make one later using the method described elsewhere in the RHLUFAQ. Note: you'll want to replace /dev/fd0 in that file with /dev/hdd (or whatever RHL uses to represent your LS-120 drive). (2) Simply replace /dev/fd0 with /dev/hdd when you call mount and umount. You might also want to edit your /etc/fstab, so you can type things like mount floppy, and things will work correctly.
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