Cannot install FC2

Bill Tetens zuki269 at netscape.net
Thu Aug 12 21:34:23 UTC 2004


I forgot to answer that one.  yes it is configured as the primary boot 
device and the hard disk is second and the floppy is third.  Does the CD 
need any drivers or the like to read the CD?

webid at cfl.rr.com wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:01, Bill Tetens wrote:
>  
>
>>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.  
>>
>>    
>>
>
>So did you verify in the bios that the CDrom is configured as a boot
>device and listed ahead of the harddisk drive?
>
>
>  
>
>>zuki269 at netscape.net wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>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:
>>>>  
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Totally new to Linux and am trying to install Fedora on a computer with 
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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 
>>>>>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 not
>>>>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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