Re: "The Fedora Core CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives"

From: Bed Sore (Decubitus.Ulcer_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/18/05 

Date: 18 Mar 2005 10:42:00 -0800

Ivan Marsh wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:46:08 -0800, Decubitus.Ulcer wrote:
>
> > Ivan Marsh wrote:
> >> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:02:48 -0800, Decubitus.Ulcer wrote:
> >> > When I start to install Fedora on my desktop system (with an
> >> > ASUSP2B-DS motherboard) I keep getting this error. The same CD
> >> > installs fine on other systems. It's a dual PII 450 with an
> > onboard
> >> > adaptec SCSI controller.
>> <<snip>>
> > I'm able to boot to the CD-ROM using my current CD-DRIVE, and the
setup
> > runs. I I get the error when I select "CD-ROM" at the prompt that
asks
> > if the installation files are located on CD-ROM, NFS, FTP, etc.
>
> I'm pretty sure this issue is covered in the README file on the first
CD.

Nope. It isn't covered there.

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DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION

Fedora Core is delivered on multiple CD-ROMs consisting of installation
CD-ROMs and source code CD-ROMs.

The first installation CD-ROM can be directly booted into the
installation on most modern systems, and contains the following
directory structure (where /mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the
CD-ROM):

/mnt/cdrom
  |----> Fedora
  | |----> RPMS -- binary packages
  | `----> base -- information on this release of Fedora
  | Core used by the installation process
  |----> images -- boot and driver disk images
  |----> isolinux -- files necessary to boot from CD-ROM
  |----> README -- this file
  |----> RELEASE-NOTES -- the latest information about this
release
  | of Fedora Core
  `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red
Hat

The remaining Installation CD-ROMs are similar to Installation CD-ROM
1, except that only the Fedora subdirectory is present.

The directory layout of each source code CD-ROM is as follows:

/mnt/cdrom
  |----> SRPMS -- source packages
  `----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red
Hat

If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP
installations, you need to copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files
from the Fedora directory on discs 1-3. On Linux and Unix systems, the
following process will properly configure the /target/directory on your
server (repeat for each disc):

   1.

      Insert disc
   2.

      mount /mnt/cdrom
   3.

      cp -a /mnt/cdrom/Fedora /target/directory
   4.

      cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory (Do this only for
disc 1)
   5.

      umount /mnt/cdrom

INSTALLING

Many computers can now automatically boot from CD-ROMs. If you have
such a machine (and it is properly configured) you can boot the Fedora
Core CD-ROM directly. After booting, the Fedora Core installation
program will start, and you will be able to install your system from
the CD-ROM.

The images/ directory contains the file boot.iso. This file is an ISO
image that can be used to boot the Fedora Core installation program. It
is a handy way to start network-based installations without having to
use multiple diskettes. To use boot.iso, your computer must be able to
boot from its CD-ROM drive, and its BIOS settings must be configured to
do so. You must then burn boot.iso onto a recordable/rewriteable
CD-ROM.

Another image file contained in the images/ directory is diskboot.img.
This file is designed for use with USB pen drives (or other bootable
media with a capacity larger than a diskette drive). Use the dd command
to write the image.
Note

The ability to use this image file with a USB pen drive depends on the
ability of your system's BIOS to boot from a USB device.
GETTING HELP

For those that have web access, see http://fedora.redhat.com. In
particular, access to Fedora Project mailing lists can be found at:

https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/
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