it might be cdrom1 and not letter or just cdrom. My drives are labeled in rh9 as cdrom and cdrom1. also, if you have m$ on the disk lookat it's designation. it may not be recognizing the drive type. do a text install to get the drive in the system Tim Sinks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Dunsmore" <duns0014 at umn.edu> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:41 AM Subject: [TCLUG] redhat 9: can't find redhat in cdrom > So I was trying to install redhat 9, as I get partway through the > install, it asks where I'm installing from, so I say cdrom. Then it > gives me an error message saying it can't find redhat in the cdrom. > I'll note that the light on my cdrom drive does not flicker after I > click cdrom install. I found a page on redhat's website about this > problem and it said at the boot prompt to type linux hdx=cdrom. where x > is a, b, c, or d depending on what drive your cdrom is. I tried this > with the same results. Other people have ecountered this I found out > from google and a scratched cd is common, but I don't see how this could > happen if the light never flickered on. Should I try burning another > cd? any other clues? thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list