I have downloaded the 2.8 G dvd-iso and checked the sha-sum which was OK.
Next I burned the dvd. No errors.

I have 20 G freespace on a system with WinXP.

After booting the dvd I get prompted to select the language and keyboard.
Then I must choose installation-media.
DVD is not mentioned here so I choose cdrom.
The reply is that the dcrom can not be found.

The thing just booted from the dvd.!!!

I tried the installationdisk on an other pc and there a media-check was available.
I did the check and the result was ok.

Is there any boot parameter that will make fedora stay with the dvd??

Are you sure you were being asked where to install from? At that point in he installation, you are usually being asked to specify the location to which the Fedora installation should be made.

Is the 20Gb "free space" you mentioned in a free (i.e., unallocated) partition? Usually XP will allocate and format all of a HD for itself, and anaconda will normally just offer to wipe the HD to make a clean Fedora installation. If you want Fedora and XP to run on from the same HD, you may need to use the XP tools to "shrink" the XP partition(s), and leave an unallocated partition free for Fedora.

An alternative explanation could be that Fedora has no driver for your DVD, although most DVD players are accessible with standard commands. How is your DVD player cabled into your system? Directly to an IDE controller, or is it a USB device?

Oh, did you notice that there's a Fedora sub-forum here for installation problems?

I found someone with the same problem.

I hav 20G unpartitioned space. The dvd is ide connected. (Samsung DVD Rom RW combo).


Subject: Why does FC7 install from DVD ask for CDROM with RPMs?
Group: Fedora-list
From: Paul Johnson
Date: 6 Jun 2007


I downloaded F-7-i386-DVD.iso, rebooted with it, and started an
install. Got through language selection, loaded the disk drivers,
then it asked me where to find the RPMs. It offered choices CDROM,
local disk, http, and ftp. Why not DVD? I chose CDROM, and the error
says the rpms are not found on the disk. Well, I guess that makes
sense, because it is not a CDROM, it is a DVD.

What's going on?

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I think that
when he asks you where to find the RPMS, you should not select any of the options.
I have install other linux distribution, it asks me which other media to choose, I just select "no other medias", and it does give any error message and the installation continus.
Maybe there is a option like that, you should choose that.

Ryan

It is no option to select nothing.

Are there no cd images?

Changed to Suse.
I did the net-install without problems.
Thanks to everyone for their effords.

Regards, Hans.

I've had this problem before and luckily I work in a lab with a lot of hardware I can mix and match. I found that switching to a major name brand DVD drive solved the problem. In my case it was from a btc to a sony.

Hi f1f1,

This has been a common complaint for the last 1-1/2 months (since FC7 was released). Actually, when the DVD installation goes normally (like it did for me, fortunately), you're not even supposed to see that dialog box to choose a media location. Instead, after language & keyboard selections, the graphic anaconda installer is supposed to start. There is at least one bugzilla report on this.

You discovered what some others have discovered: some DVD drives are not supported.Ironically however, some people reported the opposite cure. They replaced Sony with cheap drives and it worked:

http://forum.fedoraforum.org/forum/s...9&postcount=22
http://forum.fedoraforum.org/forum/s...1&postcount=24

I think the point to be learned is that some drives are not supported even if they are of high quality.

There are ways to get F7 installed even when this problem occurs (install from the ISO on the hard drive, http, ftp, etc.). But even if it installs by one of those methods, the DVD drive is still usually not usable.