Cannot install FC2

[Eubank, Chris RBCM:EX]

....Can you read the CD's on the windows machine through explorer?

Chris

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]  On Behalf Of Scot L. Harris
Sent:	August 12, 2004 2:25 PM
To:	For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject:	Re: Cannot install FC2

On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:01, Bill Tetens wrote:
> 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.  
> 

So did you verify in the bios that the CDrom is configured as a boot
device and listed ahead of the harddisk drive?


> 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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