Trouble installing RHEL4.3 from external USB DVD drive

John-Paul Stewart

RHEL4.3 installer doesn't give me a command line, as far as I know, so I can not load arbitrary modules, unless its ncurses-looking GUI allows me to do it.

However, you are right, after loading usb-storage, scd0 pops up, but unfortunately, not where I could use it:

In the beginning, the installer asks me whether I want to install from a 'Local CDROM' or a 'Hard drive'. If I choose the former, I can load usb-storage (But it can't find RH-CentOS on any of my CDs)

Then if I go back and pick 'Hard drive' instead, it gives me a choice ofdev-hda1 ordev-hda2. I'm asked to press F2 if my disk drive is not listed. If I do that, it gives me a list of scd0 or hda to choose as a source for a DRIVER DISK (I don't need a driver: if I pick scd0, the installer tells me there are no drivers there)

So the situation is pretty silly: I have scd0, it shows up in some menues, but I can't tell the installer to just continue the installation from there.

Thanks