Timothy Murphy wrote: > John Doe wrote: > >> From: Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> >> >>>>> I tried (several times) installing CentOS-5.6 from a hard disk, >>>>> and each time it failed after installing all the rpms, >>>>> with the warning "The installation has tried to mount image #2, >>>>> but cannot find it on the hard drive." >>> md5sum -c md5sum.txt.asc >>> CentOS-5.6-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso: OK >> >> The "image #2"... what about 2of2? > > I suppose there could be something relevant on the 2nd DVD, > although the first has been sufficient to install in 3 other ways: > 1) via HTTP from another machine on my home LAN; > 2) after copying the DVD-1of2 to a USB stick; and > 3) it was also sufficient on a machine with a DVD drive. > (The machine I was trying the hard disk install on- > an HP MicroServer - has no DVD drive.) You could put everything on an 8G USB key. <snip> > Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, > but I daren't ask about that here ... > I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed > of my supply, but says I have to run a Windows CD > to setup the modem he has given me. ?? What kind of modem? Linux handles almost everything. Certainly, I didn't need to install WinDoze to work with the DSL modem I got from Verizon. mark