Cannot install FC2

[Bill Tetens]

No joy in mudville.  Still had the files downloaded by bit torrent and I 
burned a new disk 1 using ISO and the orginial file.  Still does not 
work and I get the same error message.  

zuki269 at netscape.net wrote:

> I think the problem has been found.  I burned them as data so I will 
> burn them as ISO files and let you know how it turns out.  Knew it had 
> to be something I done.  
>
> Thanks everyone.....
>
> webid at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 16:08, Bill Tetens wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>Totally new to Linux and am trying to install Fedora on a computer with 
>>>a blank HDD.  I put disk one in the CD and changed the boot order 
>>>putting the CD Rom first.  
>>>
>>>The following error message is displayed after the CD appears to be checked.
>>>
>>>Reboot and select proper boot device
>>>or insert boot media in selectefd boot device.
>>>
>>>The CD passed the checksum  so I am assuming that it is OK but don't 
>>>have a clue where to go now.  I know something is wrong but what.
>>>
>>>Help would be more than appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Welcome aboard!
>>
>>Most likely you need to configure your bios to boot from the CDrom
>>drive.  
>>
>>The next most likely problem is that when you burned the CDs you did not
>>burn them as images.  In you CD burner software there should be an
>>option to burn the CD as an iso or image, then select the iso file you
>>downloaded.  This will burn a bootable CD.  If you just burned the iso
>>as data to the CD that will not work.
>>
>>My money is on the bios settings.  
>>  
>>
>

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