Re: [TCLUG:6056] Help installing RH5.2 on a Laptop (Really RE: RPMSrpms and case sensitivity)

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

This ought to work.  RPM does not care about case sensitivity.  In fact,
RPM does not care what the particular package is called.  All information
is gathered from the packages' header and used by the installer.  If you
essentially duplicate the RedHat/i386 directory from the CDROM, you should
be able to do a RedHat installation.

Peter Lukas

On Mon, 17 May 1999, Nate Carlson wrote:

> You should be able to copy all the files from the cd onto a dos partition,
> and install that way... I did it a long time ago, and it worked ok. I
> don't really remember how I did it.. but I think I just xcopy'd the whole
> cd over.
> 
> ----
> Nate Carlson
> the infinite loop
> natecars@infiniteloop.com
> 
> On Mon, 17 May 1999, Scott K. Johnson wrote:
> 
> > I tried that, but it didn't work.  The CD-Rom drive didn't even have
> > power when I swapped it in.
> > 
> > Also, I've tried booting from the CD, but his laptop doesn't have that
> > option.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Scott K. Johnson
> > skj@visi.com - http://www.hetepu.net
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>
> > To: TCLUG <tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com>
> > Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 7:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:6056] Help installing RH5.2 on a Laptop
> > 
> > 
> > >Can you hotswap the cd-rom and floppy? I did an install once where I
> > >booted off the floppy, pulled the drive out, and popped the cd-rom
> > in..
> > >worked great.
> > >
> > >----
> > >Nate Carlson
> > >the infinite loop
> > >natecars@infiniteloop.com
> > >
> > >On Mon, 17 May 1999, Scott K. Johnson wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi All,
> > >>
> > >> I'm trying to install RedHat 5.2 onto a friends laptop.
> > >>
> > >> Here's the problem.  He can only use a CD-Rom module OR the Floppy
> > >> module.  He can't have both plugged in at the same time (there's
> > only
> > >> one bay...).
> > >>
> > >> I can't get my 3C575-TX PCMCIA network card to initialize properly
> > to
> > >> do a network install, so...
> > >>
> > >> I have copied all the install files onto his win95 partition,
> > however,
> > >> when the time comes in the install screens, I keep getting an
> > error -
> > >> "error opening directory".  I've got a directory named RedHat in
> > this
> > >> top level directory, with the base & RPMS directories directly
> > under
> > >> that.  The only thing I notice, is that win95 doesn't let me name
> > the
> > >> RPMS directory in all uppercase, so it looks like "Rpms"...
> > >>
> > >> In the log, there are two entries:
> > >>
> > >> Unable to load NLS charset: cp437(nls_cp437)
> > >> Unable to load NLS charset: iso8859-1(nls_iso8859-1)
> > >>
> > >> Anyone played with this at all?
> > >>
> > >> Do I have any other options?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >>
> > >> Scott K. Johnson
> > >> skj@visi.com or sjohnson@hetepu.net
> > >> http://www.hetepu.net
> > >>
> > >>
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