first time Fedora for me, any tips?

[Tim Holmes]

> Hello all,
> I'm a former DOS junky from back in the early days. I've been a MS
user
> for
> a long time. Lately I've found some time and an extra desktop cpu and
want
> to get some hands on with Fedora and back to the CLI.
> 
> My UNIX experience is limited. I know a lot about computers and been
> around
> them for a long time, so I'm not new to the industry, just versed in
> different OS's. My UNIX experience comes from the early 90's using
QNX. It
> was a great UNIX varient and I loved the guide / book for it. Beleive
it
> or
> not, it was based (the support / installation book) on JR Tolkeins
"Lord
> of
> the Rings". It stepped you through the complete installation of the
OS.
> From
> mounting the CD, etc. It was all 100% CLI. I'm kind of looking for the
> same
> experience so I can fully learn this (even if it needs to be at a
snails
> pace). I've downloaded the Fedora ISO's (4 of them) and burned them to
> CD's.
> The problem is, the first ISO is not bootable. Is there another ISO I
need
> to download, which is bootable?
> 
> I'm going to put this on an Intel Celeron platform with a 40GB drive,
CDR,
> 1.44 Floppy, and some standard extra's (nothing fancy).
> 
> I would like to turn this box into an FTP server on my home network
and
> replace my Windows FTP server. I would also like to run Apache, (some
type
> of email service), and do some file sharing on my home network.
> 
> Any and all advice would be appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
[Tim Holmes wrote] 
The first thing I would check is to see if you just burned the iso file
to the disk or if you actually expanded it.  It sounds like you just
copied the ISO image directly to the disk, and didn't expand it

TIM