Re: Cannot install FC2

From: Bill Tetens (zuki269_at_netscape.net)
Date: 08/13/04

  • Next message: Robert Crowther: "Re: Cannot install FC2" 
    Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:36:50 -0500
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    Some more info.. Just for ?GEE Whizz I moved the CD Rom to the primary
    IDE with the HDD. The HDD is master and the CD is slave. No help.

    I realized that I did have a self boot disc and hunted it up. It is a
    copy of KNOPPIX that runs from the CD and it fired up just fine.

    Hope some of this helps. Maybe It would be better if I ordered a copy
    of the Fedora FC2 if it is available on the internet. Maybe the whole
    problem is with the CD's I made?????

    zuki269@netscape.net wrote:

    > !. the CD rom iis an IDe unit
    > 2. It is on the secondary IDE controller
    > 3. It is on an IDE controller
    > 4. The only thing I have you could call self booting is a game. If I
    > have anything else I don't know what it is.
    > 5. I tried it with my beer stein but it kept breaking the holder off
    > so I stopped using it. However the CD has some age on it. Not sure
    > about the speed but is not real fast.
    >
    > ceubank@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca wrote:
    >
    >> That would depend on whether you have the CDROM drive installed on a
    >> tertiary IDE controller (IDE2), or on a SCSI bus that you can't
    >> normally boot from.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> 1. Is the CDROM a SCSI device?
    >> 2. Is the CDROM on the Primary or Secondary IDE controller?
    >> 3. Is the CDROM on a controller not listed in 2.?
    >> 4. Can you boot any other bootable CD's from the suspect CDROM drive?
    >> 5. Did you use your CDROM drive as a coffee cup holder at some
    >> point? Hehehe
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Good luck,
    >>
    >> Chris
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> ---------------
    >>
    >> Chris Eubank
    >>
    >> ***Any opinions contained in this e-mail message are solely that of
    >> the author and do not in any way, directly or indirectly, represent
    >> my employer, real or imagined.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> ***Caution, *nix powered air conditioner, do not open windows!
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com
    >> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bill Tetens
    >> Sent: August 12, 2004 2:34 PM
    >> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
    >> Subject: Re: Cannot install FC2
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> 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@cfl.rr.com <mailto:webid@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@netscape.net <mailto:zuki269@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@cfl.rr.com <mailto:webid@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.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>______________________________________________________________________
    >>
    >>--
    >>
    >>fedora-list mailing list
    >>
    >>fedora-list@redhat.com <mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com>
    >>
    >>To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    > 

    


    -- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@redhat.com
To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
  • Next message: Robert Crowther: "Re: Cannot install FC2"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: Cannot install FC2
      ... It is on the secondary IDE controller ... Is the CDROM on the Primary or Secondary IDE controller? ... Can you boot any other bootable CD's from the suspect CDROM drive? ... >burn them as ISO files and let you know how it turns out. ...
      (Fedora)
    • Re: boot knoppix from SCSI CD ROM
      ... >>With my IDE CDROM drive in it, I can boot anything from CD ... ... > The system BIOS configuration likely only controls devices attached to the ...
      (comp.os.linux.setup)
    • Re: Burning Bootable Disks With K3B
      ... > I have downloaded iso copies of Fedora from iso.org. ... want to make a file ON a cdrom out of them. ... then perhaps your cdrom doesn't support the floppy format ... your cdrom only supports 1440K boot. ...
      (alt.os.linux)
    • problems with IDE on Blue White
      ... second ide doesn't work well, I try to install cdrom ... as well as 40Gb disc on the first ide. ... When trying to boot from linux cdrom, I get into Open Firmware 3.1.1 ...
      (comp.os.linux.powerpc)
    • Re: Redhat Linux 9 installation help needed!!!
      ... And when i boot from a floppy i get up to "The Redhat Linux CD was not ... I tried extract all the files to the cd and also I ... Just copying an ISO to a CD ... ..iso file and burn them to a CDROM. ...
      (linux.redhat.misc)