On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 23:23 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 15:36 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> >
> >>Aaron Konstam wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 09:55 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have a workaround to install Fedora 7 if I can get the
> >>>>isos on CDs. I can only find DVD iso for Fedora 7.
> >>>
> >>>You can install f7 from the Fedora 7 Live CD.
> >>
> >>Since my BIOS only allows me to boot from an IDE CD-ROM
> >>and I have a SCSI CD-ROM, I cannot boot a Fedora 7
> >>live CD, I cannot boot from any CD.
> >
> >
> > Does your SCSI controller have a setting for booting from CD-ROM?
> > All of mine do (though it's not always easy to find...).
> >
>
> I do not know.
>
> Can you suggest a query for google?
> The ones I tried do not return any matches.
> variations of:
> "SCSI controller setting booting CD-ROM"
> "howto set SCSI controller boot CD-ROM"
>
You'll need to know the exact make and model of your SCSI controller,
then visit the vendor's support page and find the users manual.
You should be able to get the info you need from the dmesg command,
from /var/log/messages, or from some magic keypresses during the boot
sequence, which out to show on a splash screen.
> >
> >>>>I would think I'm not the only person who uses Fedora
> >>>>who does not have a DVD reader/burner.
> >>>>
> >>>>Is it now the policy of the Fedora Project to only
> >>>>make DVD iso available for download?
> >>>>
> >>>>Darlene Wallach
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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