[SOLVED] Fedora 14 i686 (GNOME) live cd wont boot

Chasehcl · 04-11-2011, 03:36 AM

Good day

I'm so new to linux I feel like a new born baby having to learn everything from scratch

I have an HP compaq 6730b laptop currently running windows7and I would like to load the gnome desktop before I install fedora 14.

problem is I cant get the live cd to boot...

please help???

Kind regards - Chase

Breeze · 04-11-2011, 04:24 AM

Are you burn the Live CD right?

Chasehcl · 04-11-2011, 04:32 AM

yes the cd was burned correctly

Breeze · 04-11-2011, 04:42 AM

You can list the files in your Live cd.

Chasehcl · 04-11-2011, 05:11 AM

I think I've downloaded the wrong live cd....I have a cetrino core 2 duo cpu and not an i386 cpu...

will download x86_64 live cd and report back if this worked.

Breeze · 04-11-2011, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chasehcl

I think I've downloaded the wrong live cd....I have a cetrino core 2 duo cpu and not an i386 cpu...

will download x86_64 live cd and report back if this worked.

Wait,not the CPU problem.The i386 Live cd also can run on X86_64 CPU.You can try live-creator to create live cd on your usb flash drives.

https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

Chasehcl · 04-12-2011, 01:38 AM

Good day

I found the problem. usually when I boot from a cd like windows installation disc i can leave the disk in the cd drive and just press any key to boot from cd. Not so with the fedora live cd.

I have to:
leave the cd rom tray open
press esc for the start up menu
press f9 for boot options
select boot from upgrade bay
close the cd rom tray

Boots perfectly!