<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.16.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 10:08 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 08:47 -0500, <A HREF="mailto:dsavage@peaknet.net">dsavage@peaknet.net</A> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm not in front of my computer (and I'm a linux noob) so my terms and > > details may be off a bit. I'm running Fedora 8 on my desktop and I > > downloaded the full 4GB iso for F9. I burned the DVD at 18x or some > > other god-forsaken slow speed. When I boot with the DVD it gives me > > some wierd i/o, sector and I can't continue with the installation. > > > > I'm trying to install it on my IBM Thinkpad R40, but I tried the boot > > DVD on my desktop too with the same result. > > Mark, > > Some things to check... > > First of all, make sure that the DVD ISO file you downloaded is not > corrupt. There was a very small text file named SHA1SUM that you should > should have downloaded along with the ISO(s). Put it in the same directory > as the ISO(s) and run: > > $ sha1sum -c SHA1SUM > > If it does not say your DVD ISO is "OK", it is corrupt and you'll have to > download it again. (This would be a good time to learn about rsync.) Make > sure that whatever file transfer utility you are using can accurately pull > down a file larger than 2GB. Some can't. > > Next, check your DVD burning process. Have you successfully burned DVDs > before? With the DVD blanks you're currently using? (If you're using DVD+R > blanks, is your burner certified for "+"?) What burner software are you > using? The best way to burn a DVD from an ISO in Fedora 8 is to right > click on its icon in a Nautilus (like Explorer) window and select "Write > to disk". > > Finally, if you clear both of these wickets safely, there's an integrity > check to run shortly after you boot from the DVD. Pass that and you should > be able to get through the rest of the installation. Personally I just go straight to this last one, because passing the previous tests gives you no guarantee the disk is correctly burned, and if the downloaded file is wrong it will also pick it up even if the burn is correct. poc </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks for all your help. I figured out that I downloaded the wrong file. I downloaded i686 version instead of i386. I got F9 running on my Thinkpad R40, now I'm just trying to get wireless to work. I got all my WEP information in, but it's not connecting. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Marc Ferguson President/CEO D I G I T A L A L I A S 280 Misty Walk Fairburn, GA 30213-2486 770-238-2362 - Tel. 877-853-5055 - Fax mferguson@digitalalias.net www.digitalalias.net </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>