Fedora 9 i386 CD images

[Vincenzo Campanella]

Bill Davidsen ha scritto:
> Bing wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I am new to this and seeking advice.
>> I downloaded the 6 CD images ok and run the checksum and they all were 
>> ok.
>>
>> I burned the images to CD and only CD 1 and 6 show no errors on the 
>> media check.
>>
>> I re-burnt CD 2 to see if it was a glitch but the new disk also came 
>> up with errors.
>>
>> The machines I have do not have DVD drives only CD
>>
>>  
>>
>> Before I try again and spend a fortune on CDs wanted to know if 
>> anybody has successfully downloaded, burnt and installed from these 
>> images.
>>
> This may be caused by the burning program either using too much padding 
> during the burn, or not using any. As I recall the simple check in the 
> install has a problem due to this, and get an error reading the last 
> block. Sorry I can't recall the details, my burning and verifying 
> methods both take steps to prevent this and I never verify media.
> 
> So three hints:
> 1 - if your burning program has an option to pad the data to a multiple 
> of some size, try that.
> 
> 2 - most Windows programs need to be told to burn an image, by default 
> they tend to create a CD with a single file (the image you wanted) on 
> it. By any chance did you forget to do that?
> 
> 3 - if you are paying more than 15-20 cents for a blank CD you need a 
> new supplier. It's pretty hard to spend a fortune on CDs at that rate. ;-)
> 
> Hope some of this is useful, if not I would just go ahead with the 
> install and don't verify the CDs.


Hi everybody

Right now I am installing (for the first time in my life) a Fedora 9 on 
a PC using the net install CD. Maybe you can want to try with a net 
install CD, too: easy and quick! :)