I followed the link posted by Thierry. It told me how to check the checksum for the DVD iso. There is only one problem. My ISO file is on a MS Windows machine. Is there a way to verify the checksum on this OS? Scott Huey On 11/29/06, Redefined Horizons <redefined.horizons@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Claude and Thierry. I'll check the sum on the DVD. How would I go about filing a bug report or feature request for the installer? Thanks for the help. Scott Huey On 11/29/06, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed November 29 2006 3:21 pm, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > Also, when moving through the installation process it didn't > > seem that Fedora recognized my Debian system when it came time > > to configure Grub. I accepted the default configuration for > > Grub, because I couldn't find a way to add the Debian as one > > of the bootloader options. > > > You can't add your Debian OS during Fedora's installation. You'll > have to edit grub.conf after you're up to include the Debian in > the options - a source of many recent complaints I've come upon > in Fedora reviews. It's pretty easy to add your other Linux to > the grub.conf file - do a google on it for plenty of info > > > However, it appears that Grub didn't overwrite my MBR entries > > for Debian, becuase after I bailed on the Fedora install Grub > > loaded Debian with no problems. Did I miss something during > > the install, or should Fedora have notified me that it saw > > Debian when it was configuring Grub? > > > Fedora installs write the grub to the MBR near the very end of > the whole process - you never got that far > > > I'm not at trying to complain in any way. I'm just want to > > learn what I can about Fedora, and provide some positive > > feedback. :] > A problem I had with one of my installs is that it kept reporting > it couldn't read such and such a file on the DVD - it offered > a 'retry' option, and that always got me past that, though it > sometimes took several tries. > > I hope that the Fedora team really focusses on fixing all these > installation issues for FC7 - it's a big negative for an > otherwise great distro - whether it's read failures, broken > media checks, grub not being written to the MBR, etc... The > process is more like gambling... Other distros don't seem to > have as big a cluster of problems at install phase, so my guess > is it's just something waiting to be addressed. > > -- > Claude Jones > Brunswick, Md, USA > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
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