RH9 / 3C90x Failures...

From: R. Damian Koziel (arinbiorn_at_-nospam-yahoo.com)
Date: 09/17/04

  • Next message: Mark Healey: "OpenGL What is it and how do I install it?" 
    Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:32:19 GMT

    Hi All.

    I'm trying to do an FTP installation of Red Hat 9. The RH9
    installation files (not ISO images) live on a FAT partition of a
    Windows NT4 machine that is running FileZilla FTP server 0.9.5. (I
    have a dead CD-ROM hence the FTP install).

    The FTP client is an x86 that has two disks with WinXP running on the
    IDE Master and has a 3C900-Combo NIC installed. When I boot the
    intended RH9 machine using RH9's 'bootdisk.img', everthing works fine
    through the point that I specify the NIC to use. After I specify FTP
    as the installation method, I'm prompted with:

    "No driver found. Unable to find any of devices of the type needed
    for this installation type. Would you like to manually select your
    driver or use a driver disk?"

    I then indicate that I'll manually select the driver and I insert the
    'drnet.img' diskette that was built from RH9. After it reads the
    diskette, I select "3Com 3c590/3c595/3c90x/3cx980 (3c59x)" and <eol>.

    When the "Configure TCP/IP" screen appears, there's some output
    (stderr?) that indicates "gzlib: stdin: unexpected end of file error
    -2147483630 reading header: cpio: read failed - Success"

    Wonderful. From that point, I'm hosed. The DHCP fails and I'm unable
    to connect to the FTP server. Even if I specify a static IP on the
    same subnet, the connection to the FTP server fails.

    Ruled Out:

    DHCP/NIC/Cabling: The same machine when running Windows XP
    successfully obtains a DHCP address from the router so there's no
    problem with the Efficient Networks 5861 router, DHCP, the 3c900-Combo
    or the 10BaseT cabling.

    FTP Server: I can connect to the FTP server and peruse the RH9
    installation directory from other machines on the same subnet so
    there's no problem with FileZilla.

    >From all this I conclude that I'm having driver problems. Buying new
    gear is not high on my list so can anyone point me in the right
    direction how to resolve this problem?

    Thanks!

    ---Damian

  • Next message: Mark Healey: "OpenGL What is it and how do I install it?"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: [SLE] upgrading between SuSE versions
      ... >> possible to do a network install from ftp or nfs, ... >> installation source in yast, enable it, and disable the old installation ... Don't use suse's ftp server. ... Note that YaST has been inconsistent in its error messages, ...
      (SuSE)
    • Re: Another opportunity
      ... start up a restricted FTP process) is there any system which allows ftp access ... allow you to just ftp up a file in the middle of the installation. ... Workstation boxes didn't have junk I/O capable of booting IDE disks. ... SPAN (Space Physics Analysis Network), HEPNET, ...
      (comp.os.vms)
    • SuSE FtP InSTALL Is EaSY and heres the HOWTO
      ... Instructions for the ftp install that I have seen seemed aaddressse light ... The directory structure of the ftp server that you will be installing ... What modules your network card requires. ... INSTALLATION SYSTEM" select 'START INSTALLATION UPDATE' ...
      (alt.os.linux.suse)
    • SuSE Linux FrEE AS IN BeER (ftp miniHOWTO for SuSE distro)
      ... Instructions for the ftp install that I have seen seemed a little light on ... The directory structure of the ftp server that you will be installing ... INSTALLATION SYSTEM" select 'START INSTALLATION UPDATE' ...
      (alt.os.linux)
    • Re: Configure ISA to allow ISA Server to make external FTP Connect
      ... your Server name and select properties, Installation mode is listed at the ... client, as well as being all three at the same time. ... This means that the workstation has the proxy server details ... Enter the name 'FTP Access', press next twice, from the drop down box ...
      (microsoft.public.isa.configuration)