Fwd: No-Boot on CD .. FC2t2

[Ric Letson]

On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 13:48, spdemon6 at optonline.net wrote:
> here is what i have been trying to solve [im up to try network install] but heres the history ive tried [floppies, FC1 CD boots, FC2t1 boot, boot CD, etc...]
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: duncan brown <duncanbrown at email.com>
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: RE: No-Boot on CD .. FC2t2RE
> Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 11:50:42 -0500
> 
> please refer all questions for fedora core 2 to the test mailing list.
> 
> http://fedora.redhat.com has a list of the mailing lists.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kc2LTO - Andrew Ragone <spdemon6 at optonline.net>
> Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 00:47:17 -0400
> To: "'For users of Fedora Core releases'" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: RE: No-Boot on CD .. FC2t2RE
> 
> > What is weird...i cannot even boot from the test 1 cd....I also teri3ed
> > another way as through another member...burn boot.iso from the isoimages
> > directory. This works but it boots into text mode and asks for a CD driver
> > [which I do not have and have not ever needed in the past]- the floppy boot
> > sidk I have tried does the same as well [text mode] but cannot find my CD
> > drive. I know the cd drive is attached as I just looked in the computer to
> > see if the cable WAS the problem...
> > 
The problem of not being able to boot from a Fedora Core 2 Test 1 cd
would be the first problem that I would look at. Is the cd-rom that made
the cd significantly newer than the cd-rom your attempting to install
from?

I know that the disc1 image from the following link boots, I used it
about an hour ago to reinstall a game server. Try reburning that
particular image with software that will reliably burn bootable cds
(such as cdrecord on linux, hdiutil on macosx, nero on windows, etc)

ftp://redhat.secsup.org:/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/1.90/i386/iso/

If that image does come up to the 'boot:' menu insert the Fedora Core 2
Test 2 cd and press return. If the kernel loads but does not continue
into a text based installer prompting you for a language then...

It is entirely possible that the fedora kernel installed on the boot
media does not have the modules necessary for your particular ide
chipset.

Does the kernel detect your ide chipset correctly as it is loading?
An example of a detected and supported ide chipset kernel echo would be:

## begin example
NFORCE2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:09.0
NFORCE2: chipset revision 162
NFORCE2: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
## end example

Does it locate the hard drive correctly?
An example of a detected drive kernel echo would be:

## begin example
hdd: WDC WD1200BB-00CAA1, ATA DISK drive
hdd: max request size: 128KiB
hdd: 234441648 sectors (120034 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63,
UDMA(100)
## end example

If it detects your ide chipset and detects a hard disk then it should
theoretically be able to detect your cd-rom, mount it as root and start
the installer.

Inserting the first installation cd from FC2 Test1 until you get to the
'boot:' line, swapping cds to the first installation disk of FC2 Test2
and pressing enter should boot the system. (If of course you have made
the proper sacrifices to $DEITY and are standing on your head while
inserting the cd).

-- 
Ric Letson, NB2E
digitalcontrol at myrealbox.com
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