Need help with F7 install--just to get the boot DVD to work

[Bob Chiodini]

Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> If anyone has any expertise on this, I'd greatly appreciate some answers.
>
> I'm about to blast away FC5 and do an install of FC7 (backing 
> everything up first, of course). I downloaded nd then burned the F7 
> ISO to a DVD using RecordNow! Plus under Windows XP SP2 (it was the 
> most convenient way to do this, sorry). Well, the ISO is on there and 
> looks fine. But when I tested it this morning on a machine I need to 
> upgrade, it skips right by the DVD and boots into FC5. The DVD player 
> is a "DVD multi player", and "RW combo(tm)" drive. I am wondering:
>
> 1. My PC is 3 years old. Can it handle an ISO from DVD?
> 2. I burnt it as a data disc, just like I did the FC5 disks. Why isn't 
> the OS loading from the DVD? AM I missing something?
>
> Second, let's assume that, for whatever reason, I can't use a DVD. 
> What are my options to boot from a CD?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Gilbert
>
Gilbert,

I had older machines that would boot from DVD.

Is the image on the DVD a copy of the iso file or a file system.  What 
do you see when you open the DVD (windows or Linux), a single file or 
files and directories.  It should be the latter.  Sorry about not being 
very specific.  I don't have a CD or DVD handy.

Also, is the PC set to boot from the CD/DVD before the local hard drive, 
in the BIOS?

Second:

Burn a rescue CD, put a copy of the DVD iso in a directory (linux, like 
/home) you are not going to delete/format, do a "hard disk" install and 
point to that file when asked for the location.

Bob...

Bob...