Hello,

I downloaded Fedora-12-i386-DVD.iso and made a boot DVD out of it.

I am trying to install Fedora 12 using a USB CD/DVD ROM. Here's what happens next:
1) I get the welcome screen Fedora and 4 options
2) I select option 1 (install)
3) It asks me about what kind of language I want to use for install --- selected english
4) Asks me what kind of english --- selected US english
5) It asks me where to locate the image from there are three options:
/dev/hda1
/dev/hda2
/dev/hdb1
I tried all the three but it says it failed to locate the image on the drive.

Can someone guide me through this? Do you think USB CD/DVD ROM is not compatible or something, though, I was able to install CentOS 5.4 successfully using the same USB CD/DVD ROM

I am kind of stuck and your help is greatly appreciated

Thanks,
K2

4) probably this option is key board type...

5) Here you can't install because... you had those drives mounted. resize them.
create a partition. Then install Fedora in that partition.

Thanks a lot for your response:

4) yes my mistaked, it is for the keyboard.
5) hmmm what if want to start from sratch? In other words how can I re-format the existing partition and start from a clean slate?

Appreciate your help,

If you want from clean state, select those partitions, delete that... and install..

if you face any problems...use automatic configuration -> remove all partitions on this system -> install

for picture explanation see this image ... FEDORA disk partitioning

Thanks a lot I will try it out and let you know,

Thanks I will try it out and let you know