[ltp] Thinkpad 770 install fail because CD won't unmount

[Tony Willoughby]

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 00:03, SMichelle wrote:
> I think that my 7.2 disks were bad. I tried several different
> installations (CD or floppy pcmcia boot, graphical or text) but all 7.2
> installations failed in the same manner. I then installed 7.1 which when
> went swimmingly ... but the 7.2 upgrade also failed with the same error.
> 
> Well ... as long as I'm out buying new disks I might as well move to 7.3
> :) 
> 

I believe I had the same problem when I upgraded my 390E from 6.2 to
7.2.  When I went to 7.3 all was well.  

The X setup didn't have a choice for my chipset, but "generic" works
just fine.



> Regards,
> 
> /Sharon
> 
> 
> 
> > I am now running RH 7.3 (after having originally installed 7.2 and
> > then upgrading) on my 770E without any problems during the install.
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > 
> > Adam
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, SMichelle wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello: I'm attempting to install RedHat 7.2 on a thinkpad 770, but
> > > the install is failing about 2/3 the way through (normally when the
> > > 2nd CD is requested). The installer error messages looks like its
> > > trying to unmount the CD-1, but can't because "device is busy" and
> > > thus exits the installation.  
> > > 
> > > Anybody else ever have this? Any ideas on how to handle?
> > > 
> > > Many thanks.
> 
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