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Old 04-23-2004, 06:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Exclamation Need Help Installing Linux Red hat

ok i downloaded the linux 9 Open source version and i wanna install it on my Windows pc, i heared its more stable n such than sir Crash alot (aka XP!) i currently got. i got the i386 version of discs but cant seem to get the intall program to recognise my drives so that it can detect them.

its a Maxtor 2f040j0 120 gb

ive also got them on cds but cant get them to detect either.

any ideas?
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Old 04-23-2004, 10:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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what version of linux are you trying to install, red hat im assuming
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Old 04-23-2004, 10:13 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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ya red hat, the open source one that you can get off of http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/
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Old 04-24-2004, 10:11 AM   #4 (permalink)
 
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i was thinking, since the boot disk started as an iso then i used rawrite to turn it into a bunch of files do i need to do the same to the disk iso's?
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