Installing from a FAT\FAT32 partition on the hard disk

Installing from a FAT\FAT32 partition on the hard disk


Author: Lee Merrill
Email: lmerrill@lucent.com

System Architecture: Intel
RedHat Release: RHL 5.2
FAQ Category: Installing Issues
Modification Date: Feb 5, 1999

Question:

The installation program says something to the effect of "This partition does
not appear to have a RedHat directory" when you select a FAT/FAT32 partition to load the
Linux software from.

Answer:

Try renaming the directories (while in Windows, not in Dos), being careful
to name the REDHAT directory RedHat, the REDHAT\BASE directory RedHat\base,
and the REDHAT\RPMS directory RedHat\RPMS.  The installation program is
apparently case-sensitive in its search for directories.

References:

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