Cannot install FC2

[Bill Tetens]

using windows explorer the disc shows uip with one file names 
FC2-i386-disc1.ISO and a second file that is the checksum file.

ceubank at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca wrote:

>....Can you read the CD's on the windows machine through explorer?
>
>Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
>From:   fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]  On Behalf Of Scot L. Harris
>Sent:   August 12, 2004 2:25 PM
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>Subject:    Re: Cannot install FC2
>
>On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:01, Bill Tetens wrote:
>  
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>>No joy in mudville.  Still had the files downloaded by bit torrent and
>>I burned a new disk 1 using ISO and the orginial file.  Still does not
>>work and I get the same error message.  
>>
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>
>So did you verify in the bios that the CDrom is configured as a boot
>device and listed ahead of the harddisk drive?
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>>zuki269 at netscape.net wrote:
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>>>I think the problem has been found.  I burned them as data so I will
>>>burn them as ISO files and let you know how it turns out.  Knew it
>>>had to be something I done.  
>>>
>>>Thanks everyone.....
>>>
>>>webid at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 16:08, Bill Tetens wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>        
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>>>>>Totally new to Linux and am trying to install Fedora on a computer
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>with 
>  
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>>>>>a blank HDD.  I put disk one in the CD and changed the boot order 
>>>>>putting the CD Rom first.  
>>>>>
>>>>>The following error message is displayed after the CD appears to be
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>checked.
>  
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>>>>>Reboot and select proper boot device
>>>>>or insert boot media in selectefd boot device.
>>>>>
>>>>>The CD passed the checksum  so I am assuming that it is OK but don't
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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>>>>>have a clue where to go now.  I know something is wrong but what.
>>>>>
>>>>>Help would be more than appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>    
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Welcome aboard!
>>>>
>>>>Most likely you need to configure your bios to boot from the CDrom
>>>>drive.  
>>>>
>>>>The next most likely problem is that when you burned the CDs you did
>>>>        
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>not
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>>>>burn them as images.  In you CD burner software there should be an
>>>>option to burn the CD as an iso or image, then select the iso file you
>>>>downloaded.  This will burn a bootable CD.  If you just burned the iso
>>>>as data to the CD that will not work.
>>>>
>>>>My money is on the bios settings.  
>>>>  
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