Need help with F7 install--just to get the boot DVD to work

[Aldo Foot]

On 7/23/07, Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste at weather3.admin.niu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> If anyone has any expertise on this, I'd greatly appreciate some answers.
>
> I'm about to blast away FC5 and do an install of FC7 (backing everything
> up first, of course). I downloaded nd then burned the F7 ISO to a DVD
> using RecordNow! Plus under Windows XP SP2 (it was the most convenient way
> to do this, sorry). Well, the ISO is on there and looks fine. But when I
> tested it this morning on a machine I need to upgrade, it skips right by
> the DVD and boots into FC5. The DVD player is a "DVD multi player", and
> "RW combo(tm)" drive. I am wondering:
>
> 1. My PC is 3 years old. Can it handle an ISO from DVD?
> 2. I burnt it as a data disc, just like I did the FC5 disks. Why isn't the
> OS loading from the DVD? AM I missing something?
>
> Second, let's assume that, for whatever reason, I can't use a DVD. What
> are my options to boot from a CD?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Gilbert



CD/DVD writing help here.

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialCDBurn.html

~Aldo
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