Op do, 25-05-2006 te 01:22 -0400, schreef Luke: > Ok. I gave up on the Disks and went for the DVD ISO. > > Using B's Recorder I created a bootable disk from the image. > > The contents of the disk are: > BOOTCTG.BIN BOOTIMG.BIN FC-5-i386-DVD.iso > you should only burn the iso file, it contains everything needed for booting and installing. don't burn it as a data file. use the iso as a source for copy then it should work. > The sha1sum of the ISO on the disk looks good: > > $ sha1sum FC-5-i386-DVD.iso > ed9a852cf77250c3ae111c621d350af5c0b0a29b *FC-5-i386-DVD.iso > > When I put the disk in and try and boot from it I am taken to a grub command > prompt. No istallation. > > I have set my bios to boot from a CD. Does this indicate a problem with the > disk? > > Thanks, > > Luke > > > > Luke@wintermute /cygdrive/e > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Stevens" <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 4:54 PM > Subject: Re: Disk 2 and 3 Corupt > > > > On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 16:26 -0400, Luke wrote: > >> I don't image I am the only person to bring this up, but can someone > >> point > >> me to a place where I can download discs 2 and 3 for the Fedora Core that > >> do > >> not contain corrupt packages? > >> > >> I have downloaded both from here: > >> > >> ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Fedora/core/5/i386//iso/ > >> > >> I have tried downloading and burning to disk twice. Both times disk 2 and > >> 3 > >> were currupt (i.e.: Did not pass the integrity test, when I tried to > >> install > >> anyway, was unable to read from disk 2). > > > > I use the kernel.org archives. Try this link: > > > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/5/i386/iso/ > > > > and download away. Also look carefully at the content of the SHA1SUM > > file. After you download the .iso images, run: > > > > sha1sum name-of-iso-file > > > > The number that spits out SHOULD MATCH EXACTLY what the SHA1SUM file > > says. If not, you have a bad download. If the SHA1 sums match, the > > .iso file is clean, and you're having issues burning them to CDs. > > > > NOTE: CD2 and CD3 of the FC5 distribution REALLY fill up a CD. Make > > sure you're using name brand 700MB CDRs (I lean towards Memorex and > > TDK) and that you do NOT burn them at maximum speed. For example, if > > you have a CDR drive that can burn at 48x, try burning at 24x or even > > 12x: > > > > cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 speed=24 name-of-iso.iso > > cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 speed=12 name-of-iso.iso > > > > The reason is: CDs are written from the center of the disc out toward > > the edge in a long, spiral track (like an old vinyl LP record, but in > > reverse). The faster the disc spins (to give you that higher read or > > burn rate), the more likely the disc will "flutter" and the problem gets > > worse the farther from the center you are. Keeping the speed down will > > reduce the flutter and give you a better chance at getting a good burn. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > > - - > > - "The bogosity meter just pegged." - > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > >
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