Cannot install FC2

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 12 August 2004 17:44, Bill Tetens wrote:
>using windows explorer the disc shows uip with one file names
>FC2-i386-disc1.ISO and a second file that is the checksum file.
>
Then your burner software blew it, and wrote the iso as a file rather 
than an actual image of the disk. As you've found, that won't work.

It must be burned as an image.

>ceubank at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca wrote:
>>....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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