linux installation

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 06:39 AM

Hello

I am trying to install Centos 3.4 (it's a red hat clone) on my desktop computer but I have a problem.

I dowloaded the iso image from a centos mirror and I placed the .iso on
a cd .

I created 2 linux partitions (1 ext3 another swap) on my destop.
Then with winrawrite I created a linux bootable disk .

I started the computer with the floppy then I selected to install from cd , but the installation boot does not find the iso on the cd .

What is the problem ?

Nylex · 08-31-2005, 07:02 AM

By "I placed the .iso on a cd", what exactly do you mean? If you mean that you just burnt the CD with the ISO on there as a single file, that's wrong. You need to burn the ISO as an image, so that you see all the folders and files contained in it.

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nylex
By "I placed the .iso on a cd", what exactly do you mean? If you mean that you just burnt the CD with the ISO on there as a single file, that's wrong. You need to burn the ISO as an image, so that you see all the folders and files contained in it.

In fact I had placed the iso on cd . Now I burned another cd

with the image (with file and folders extracted from the iso , 680 MB) , but the installation boot from disk still don't recognize it when (after selecting language and keyboard) I select installation from cd-rom .... why ?

Nylex · 08-31-2005, 08:00 AM

It could be a corrupt ISO (but it might not be). Did you check the MD5 sum before burning?

Also, how come you need a boot floppy? Is the CD you created not meant to be bootable?

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 08:03 AM

if I start without disk it doesn't autoboot .. what do I have to do to make it bootable ?

md5 was ok .

Nylex · 08-31-2005, 08:04 AM

All you should need to do is go into your BIOS settings and make your CD the first boot device.

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 08:07 AM

I did it of course but the cd doesn't start ..

on documentation there is this procedure
http://www.centos.org/docs/3/rhel-ig...-STEPS-MAKE-CD

but these are linux commands , and I have first to install linux to execute them (!)

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 08:11 AM

or have I to burn the cd with some "bootable" option ?
(I use Ultraiso to burn my cd .)

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 08:13 AM

I tried also putting the image on c:/centos
and c:/tmp and selecting installation from Hard disk but it didn't find the centos file too

arghhh ..

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 10:04 AM

any help please ?

Nylex · 08-31-2005, 10:08 AM

The CD should already be bootable after burning the ISO to it as an image. Maybe check the documentation for UltraISO or something, I don't know as I've never used it.

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 10:34 AM

I burned my 3rd cd but it don't autoboot .. do you know any windows cd software to create this linux autoboot cd ?

Thank you

Nylex · 08-31-2005, 10:38 AM

Nero should, I've never had a problem with it (they have a free trial version to download, if you don't want to pay for the full one).

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 11:02 AM

Thank you, I will try

graziano1968 · 08-31-2005, 11:16 AM

OK I created a bootable cd with nero .

Centos started from cd (finally) ..

BUT , at the question "What type of media contains the packages to be installed" , I selected Local CD Rom ,
and I received AGAIN this message ...

The Centos cd was not found in any of your cd rom drives !!!!!!!!!!

I assure you that all files (image of iso) are there , about 680 MB !!!

Any idea ...?