Problems with attempting to install Fedora Core 3

Tue Feb 8 22:24:15 UTC 2005

On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 02:20:06PM -0800, Pat Pleate wrote:
> 1. Even though BIOS indicates CD-ROM device is the first bootable device,
> I can't boot from Disk 1 of FC3. 2. Attempted to boot from RH9 bootable
> floppy and install FC3 from CD (which can be "seen"), can't do it. 3. FC3
> does NOT have the \DOSUTILS dir on the CD, unlike FC1 did, therefore, can
> NOT make a FC3 boot diskette. 4. Found FC1, \DOSUTILS on FC1 and created a
> boot diskette from that. I can boot but can not install FC3 - indicates
> the wrong core.

Unfortuantely, the install image is now too big to fit on a floppy, so
that's a dead-end route.

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