[lug] RedHat 7.3 install problem to IBM laptop external bay

[Hugh Brown]

On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 21:55, Record, James N wrote:
> I am attempting to install RedHat 7.3 in a dual boot
> IBM T30 laptop. I have Windows 2000 on the internal disk
> and am trying to install Linux in the external 60 GB drive.
> 
> The T30 has a DVD/CD-R in it's internal bay and NO floppy.
> 
> Th external 60GB disk can be installed three ways: external bay
> with USB, external bay with PCI card in a PCMCIA slot, or in
> the bay in the docking station.
> 
> I have been able to boot the RedHat 7.3 CD in the laptop and install
> on the 60GB with either the bay in the dock or with the PCI card to the
> external bay. In both cases I used the latest bootpart to setup
> Windows 2000 to dual boot. In both cases the boot failed with some
> message that flashes by early to quickly to read.
> 

Which boot loader are you using?  Can you use the cdrom to boot into
rescue mode and find the partitions that you created?


> I also tried, in a fit of insanity, an install using the external bay with
> the PCI card where I put /boot on the internal disk and all the rest on the
> 60GB.
> This boot showed grub and then failed with a message that it couldn't find
> anything.
> 

This seems consistent with the above.


> Any ideas?
> 

I would try to boot with the install cd in rescue mode  "linux rescue"
on the cd boot prompt.

and then go see what you can find.  


> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Jim
> 
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