no .img files in image directory on FC2 Test 1 disc 1

M A Young m.a.young at durham.ac.uk
Sat Mar 6 22:44:39 UTC 2004


On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, James Jones wrote:

> I'm trying to install FC2 Test 1 on a Digital PC 5400 (an old Pentium
> Pro box). Curiously, Knoppix boots on it fine, but it has failed to boot
> up FC1, Mandrake 9.2, and now FC2 from CD, saying
>
>     isolinux: Found something at drive=9F
>     isolinux: Looks like it might be right, continuing...
>     isolinux: image checksum error, sorry...

Sounds like a corrupt image, did you check the md5sums before you burnt
them?


> No problem, I say; I'll make a bootable floppy. I double check the
> README files, and then head to the images directory...but there are no
> .img files to be found there.

If you have linux already installed, put the isos on a hard disk, extract
the kernel and initrd from disc 1 and use grub to boot it.

	Michael Young





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