I have downloaded the core ISO files (FC4-i386-disc1/2/3/4/rescuecd.ISO). I am running MS Windows XP and I have copied these ISO files into 5 CDs. While rebooting my system, I have changed the boot sequence to CD first (IDE drive) and have inserted my disc1 into the CD drive. However, the system does not recognize this disk as the bootable disk. I know there is something wrong while I have burnt these CDs using Roxio 5.0 CD burner software which does not make the CD bootable.

Thanks in advance for any help.

asahoo


I have used the following S/W for burning the 1st CD. Still I could not make it bootable.

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/HowTo.htm

guides: http://www.google.com/search?q=burning+ISOs

you need to use your burning software's built in ISO-burning function

just putting ISO itself on a disk will not work

If you can, get a friend, who has Nero to burn the boot.iso present in the images folder to a CD. This CD will be bootable. Copy all the CD images to a folder on a hard disk that will not be formatted during the install. Now, when anaconda (the installer) boots from the new CD, just tell it where you've kept the images. It will do the rest.

Keep in mind that in our world, C: is /dev/hda1 and if D: is a partition, then it's /dev/hda2 or if it's another physical disk, then it's /dev/hdb1. So, C:\Fedora becomes /dev/hda1/Fedora. Do note that the "\" delimiter in Windows is "/" in Linux.

Now, what you've done here is that you're installing from iso images that are on your hard disk. This will be comparitively faster that a normal CD Rom install. However, you must have at least ~3 GB ( = 4 CD's) free space on a hard disk partition that will not be formatted or deleted during the install.

Have fun !