[PLUG] Install from HD (RH 7.2)

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

I am trying to install RedHat 7.2 on a computer that has an external 
parallel port/scsi CD-ROM (Adaptec Mini-scsi adapter).  The computer cannot 
be booted from that drive so I made a boot disk using the image file on the 
RH CD and rawrite.  At this point, the installation program will not 
recognize the CD-ROM drive, so, having plenty of disk space, I decided to 
try a hard disk install.

I copied the CONTENTS of the 3 CDs to 3 directories in a DOS 
partition.  The install program won't recognize them.  The scant 
documentation in the book that the disks came with -- RH Linux 7.2 Bible -- 
covering hard disk installs, seems to suggest that instead of copying the 
CONTENTS of the CDs, I should have copied IMAGES of the CDs as files 
cd1.iso, cd2.iso, etc.  However, I have no idea how to create these image 
files.

Can someone please help with suggestions on the following options.
   * Will it be possible to install from the CD drive using the more 
esoteric drivers (oldcdrom.img - Supplemental CDROM controllers)? If so, 
how do I use these?
   * Am I correct in concluding that I need to create CD image files on 
the hard drive?  If so, how do I create these files?
   * Is there a way to install from the hard drive using the CD contents 
rather than images?  How do I do it?
   * Is there a better way that I haven't mentioned?
Thanks for any help.  We really want to start using Linux at home.

Art


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