[ale] Upgrading RH6.2->7.2

[ale at FultonGreen.com (Fulton Green)]

I don't think I've ever used the 7.2 kernel package, but I did notice that
at least one of the kernels between 7.1 and 7.2 caused a system lockup
condition when trying to access the Zip drive (parallel w/SCSI emulation in
my case). Try unplugging the IDE cable, then proceed with 7.2, update the
kernel package (provided it's version 2.4.16 or greater!), replug the
connector, manually modprobe what you need and attempt a Zip mount.

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 05:25:21PM -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Hmm. RedHat seems to be improperly detecting the status of a drive. I'm
> trying to upgrade a 6.2 box to 7.2. It keeps failing claiming a drive
> was not properly unmounted. If I <ctl><alt><F4>, I can see it's griping
> about /dev/hdd, the zip drive (ide style). I've tried with no disk in,
> disk in, formatted ext2 disk in, fat disk in. Blech! 
> 
> I looked in RH's errata page for an updated disk image, but no luck. I
> _could_ open the box and pull the drive, but that would be cheating. The
> hard drive is heavily partitioned (1-13). The installer only loads hda.
> Sugestions are very welcome. 

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