On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 18:32 -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote: > Jurgen Kramer wrote: > > >I can't seem to get my system to boot from > >the FC3 RC5 x86_64 DVD. The MD5SUM checks out out fine. Is > >this a known issue? Any way to boot from the DVD or is > >this 2.5G wasted? > > > >Nb this is on a new EM64T system. Booting from the FC2 i386 DVD is not a > >problem. > > > >Jurgen > > > > > > > Did you set your BIOS to boot from the DVD device first? Yes I did. It boots just fine from the boot.iso burned to a CDR but it will not boot from the DVD directly. > If yes, and you verified this is so, please give more specific > information. What motherboard and chipset? What CPU? Motherboard: Asus NCT-D with BIOS v1.05 (latest) Chipset: Intel E7525/6300ESB CPU: Dual 2.8GHz nocona Xeon EM64T (stepping EO) Mem: 1G DD2 reg. ECC > Bob Cochran > Greenbelt, Maryland > I think I found a way around the problem. If I point the installer from the boot.iso to a NFS drive where the original DVD iso resides it will start the installer. Really cool feature.. So although DVD booting doesn't work I think I will be able to install FC3 on my x86_64. Thanks, Jurgen