Problem with Fedora Core 2

Mes · 07-18-2004, 11:15 AM

Hi there, first of all :-) i'm a new user, u must excuse me for my bad english. I hope to be clear.

I'm a new linux's user too, and my friends told me to instal FC2 to start.
I downloaded the 4 iso at fedora site, but, whene i'm installing, after chosing language and keyb language, the installation stops, and a message pops up sayng : Can't find fedora core 2 installation disc; i don't know what to do, hope you can help me

See ya

Mes

ronnet · 07-18-2004, 11:33 AM

I quess you are booting from Fedora 2 Boot disc. After booting you should change the CD, which you have made from the FC2-i386-disc1.iso image. (This CD should be bootable, too, if done properly) Have you checked the CDs with "media check" ? Thay have to PASS the checking.

Mes · 07-18-2004, 11:35 AM

in fact i didn't boot from fc2 boot disc; i used disc1.iso, and it starts (also because i havn't at all the boot disk :-P); i tried to insert all 4 cds, bot nothing change; the only thing i found out is that the disc1 is bootable, nothing else :-(

M

corbis_demon · 07-18-2004, 11:37 AM

the anaconda installer is probably unable to read the iso's u've downloaded.Make sure u didn't mess up your distro download.Check the install media using the md5sum utility that launches at the beginning of the install.If the disk doesnt check out correct,you've probably got a coaster.Check and post back.

Mes · 07-18-2004, 11:39 AM

i'v taken md5sum, but i didn't understand what does it mean:-)
may u explain me how to check plz :-)?

ronnet · 07-18-2004, 11:48 AM

Mes,

read this page carefully http://fedora.redhat.com/download there it says that check the images as this: md5sum <filename>

also going further is explained there quite well

Mes · 07-18-2004, 11:54 AM

Ok, understand.

But :
..."After downloading the ISO images, check the MD5 checksums for the ISO images to ensure that your download was successful. Do this by running the md5sum program from a shell prompt against your ISO images and comparing the values returned against the ones published by Red Hat"...

To do this check i've to " run the md5sum program from a shell prompt ", but i'm a windows user, for now, and md5sum is not a command for windows prompt, did i say right?

M

corbis_demon · 07-18-2004, 12:00 PM

It seems that your cd is probably corrupt,so the installer can't read data off it.By the way,where did you download it from.If from windows,then I should tell you that windows has problems with handling rockridge extensions and other issues.So make sure that your download was clean.

Mes · 07-18-2004, 12:03 PM

i don't now how to check the intgrity of the download. i try to download it again, but nothing has changed.

M

ronnet · 07-18-2004, 12:04 PM

Yes you did say it right !!

for windows try this :

http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/verifyiso.html

corbis_demon · 07-18-2004, 12:07 PM

get a linux emulator for windows, for eg. Cygwin is a good bet.
www.cygwin.com.

Mes · 07-18-2004, 12:15 PM

Great :-)

Ok, i take md5summer and check cd1; the code that i found is different respect of md5sum.txt's code. Now, what do i have to do
(i really beg your pardon, i'm really a newbie!!)

M

Mes · 07-18-2004, 12:27 PM

I read the rest, so i'm downloading it again :-)

YuHU:-)

Thanks for wasting time, i'll notice you if i resolve the problem

See ya

Mes · 07-19-2004, 12:16 PM

Hi agin

I downloaded again cd1, i checkd all 4 isos' md5, and they were right.
The, i begun installation, and two errors happend:

- at the end of second cd's installation, it says that some files couldn't be installed;
- when it asks me to inster cd 3, it says that it can't mount the cd.

I must say that, where he asks me to do media check, i thought that it checks md5, so i didn't do it;
now i'm worring because i think i havn't understand nothing

Hope u can help me

M

Mes · 07-19-2004, 01:59 PM

:-) ?