Newbie Help With Fedora 9 installation

[E.H]

Sorry...Figured it out finally.....


the problem is this
When i perform media check on the Fedora 9 i386 DVD... the program checks
the DVD verifies the checksum and waits for the next disk to be inserted.
But since for me its a single DVD. I dont have to go for another disk so i
am pressing continue with the same disk in the drive and it says error.


what i am supposed to do is
After the media check...it seems i have to reboot the system
and boot from the DVD again and  skip the media check.

Now why wasn't this considered that idiots like me...need a notification on
stuff like this...I dont have five CD's and so i dont have to reboot and go
back to download or burn the rest of my cds.

This kinda turns into a SNAFU situation.

Where can i report this?





On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:00 PM, E. H <expendablehumanoid at gmail.com> wrote:

> alright.am gonna try downloading a live CD....
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:52 PM, E. H <expendablehumanoid at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Problem still exists...
>> This time i even downloaded it onto an NTFS drive and burned it...thats
>> the 3rd DVD.
>>
>> I have Fedora 7 installed....is that a problem??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:45 AM, E. H <expendablehumanoid at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Kam Leo,
>>>
>>> I have already downloaded the DVD ISO again and verified the file with
>>> the SHA1 checksum calculator mentioned in the Read ME file.
>>>
>>> The CheckSum matches...But had to go leave for work..
>>>
>>> once i get back...let me see how the installation goes.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the links.
>>>
>>> @ Armin,
>>>
>>>            Thanks...that is almost the same procedure i followed when i
>>> did the Fedora 7 installation. I wanted to upgrade it to fedora 9. This is
>>> the first time i am facing problems with installing fedora.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Armin Moradi <feng.shaun at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:25 PM, E.H <expendablehumanoid at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for replying Aldo and Armin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes i am downloading from a windows system. I was downloading to a
>>>>> logical drive with a FAT32 file system... I went through the documentation
>>>>> again.. So i guess that must be the problem.
>>>>> Apparently downloading to an NTFS filesystem doesn't seem to have that
>>>>> problem.
>>>>> Will try that.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I just need a back up copy of the entire dvd anyway.
>>>>>  so i would have to download the file again.
>>>>> I 've burnt that corrupted file on 2 DVDs already :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the help, guys.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Armin Moradi <feng.shaun at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Aldo Foot <lunixer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:34 PM, E.H <expendablehumanoid at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> > Hello,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >           I downloaded a Fedora 9 i386 DVD ISO file using utorrent
>>>>>>> , so i
>>>>>>> > hear downloading through utorrent ensures the integrity of the
>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I burnt the image on a DVD at 4x speed and did the media check.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > All is fine.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > But there is another screen saying test for additional media or
>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>> > like that....  which has two options
>>>>>>> > "TEST" and "CONTINUE"
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Continue gives an error
>>>>>>> > and clicking on "TEST" gives a message saying checksum not found.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > what is wrong?
>>>>>>> > The Documentation says the ISO is supposed to work...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you using bittorrent from a Windows PC?
>>>>>>> There may be issues downloading ISO images larger than 2GB.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try the instructions here and see whether you can install directly
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> a fedora web site.
>>>>>>>        http://fedorasolved.org/Members/opsec/fedora-netinstall
>>>>>>> First download the Rescue CD, which smaller size that a full DVD ISO.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alternatively, download the CD ISO images directly from here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://fedora.inode.at/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/iso/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HTH, and enjoy using Fedora.
>>>>>>> ~af
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Or you can just download the livecd and install from there, it will
>>>>>> give you essentially the same thing, and you don't have to take your time to
>>>>>> download a big iso file!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Armin
>>>>>> feng.shaun at gmail.com
>>>>>> "Good thoughts, Good words, Good deeds" Zarathustra
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>>>> What I would do for installing Fedora on my computer:
>>>> I would partition my HD and delete the partition so it leaves a free
>>>> space (not formatted).
>>>> The I would get a copy of the livecd and burn it (or put it on a USB
>>>> disk) and boot from it.
>>>> In the installation, I would choose guided partitioning.
>>>>
>>>> the guided partitioning makes it quite painless :)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Armin
>>>> feng.shaun at gmail.com
>>>> "Good thoughts, Good words, Good deeds" Zarathustra
>>>>
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