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Distribution: Ubuntu "edgy", looking for something else
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Multi-CD Distros cause problems
Hey guys, long time no see.
Anyway, lately I've been trying to install some multi-cd installation distros such as SuSE and Fedora. But, when it asks to change to CD2, it always says that the file that it asked for couldn't be found, even though I checked it and it's there on the CD. When trying to few the files in Window Explorer, it takes a few minutes to register, but it eventually shows up. I've checked the MD5 sums of the isos and they match. Has anyone ever had this problem?
Distribution: Fedora x86 and x86_64, Debian PPC and ARM, Android
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Last time I saw that, the CD drive was not being detected properly, caused by the master-slave jumper being incorrect or incompatible with the controller. Try setting the CD to slave; make sure the HD is set to master. Optimally, make sure the HD and CD are on separate IDE cables by themselves.
Anaconda has the wonderful feature of picking up the installation files from CD, DVD, http, ftp ...
What you can do with this is that put all the iso images in one folder, and burn the boot.iso to a CD(RW) and boot from it. Then, when the installer asks for the path to the installation files, tell it where the iso images are.
For example, if the iso images are in C:\Fedora\ you should write something like /dev/hda1/Fedora
Two things about devices in Linux :
1.The first partition on the first drive is hda1. The complete path is /dev/hda1
2.The second partition need not be hda2. This is because Windows creates an extended partition after the first logical partition. So, if you've got C: and D:, then D: is probably hda5. The complete path is /dev/hda5.
3.The second hard disk is hdb. So, the first partition on the second hard drive is /dev/hdb1 and so on.
4.Your CD-ROM drive will be the next drive after the last of your hard drives. For example, My first hard drive is hda, second is hdb and my CD-ROM drive is hdc.
All iso images have to be in the same folder for the above to work.
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