I viewed the Read Me File
My PC is very new, I bought it last summer. P4, DTK PC, Intel Inside
Im must have not configured my system correctly to boot from CD... or something.
btw, I only have CD1, CD2, CD3
please help me:
this is the read Me file:
Fedora Core/x86 0.94 (Severn)
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The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright © 2003 Fedora Project and
others. Please see the End User License Agreement and individual copyright
notices in each source package for distribution terms.
Fedora, Red Hat, and RPM are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.
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DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION
Fedora Core is delivered on six CD-ROMs (disc 1 through disc
6). Disc 1 can be directly booted into the installation on most modern
systems, and contains the following directory structure (where
/mnt/cdrom is the mount point of the CD-ROM):
/mnt/cdrom
|----> RedHat
| |----> RPMS -- binary packages
| `----> base -- information on this release of Fedora
| Core used by the installation process
|----> images -- boot and driver disk images
|----> isolinux -- files necessary to boot from CD-ROM
|----> dosutils -- installation utilities for DOS
|----> README -- this file
|----> RELEASE-NOTES -- the latest information about this release
| of Fedora Core
`----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
Discs 2 and 3 are similar to disc 1, except that only the RedHat
subdirectory is present.
The directory layout of discs 4, 5, and 6 are as follows:
/mnt/cdrom
|----> SRPMS -- source packages
`----> RPM-GPG-KEY -- GPG signature for packages from Red Hat
If you are setting up an installation tree for NFS, FTP, or HTTP
installations, you need to copy the RELEASE-NOTES files and all files
from the RedHat directory on discs 1-3. On Linux and Unix systems, the
following process will properly configure the /target/directory on
your server (repeat for each disc):
1) Insert disc
2) mount /mnt/cdrom
3) cp -a /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /target/directory
4) cp /mnt/cdrom/RELEASE-NOTES* /target/directory
5) umount /mnt/cdrom
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INSTALLING
Many computers can now automatically boot from CD-ROMs. If you have such a
machine (and it is properly configured) you can boot the Fedora Core CD-ROM
directly without using any boot diskettes. After booting, the Fedora Core
installation program will start, and you will be able to install your
system from the CD-ROM.
If your computer must use a boot diskette to start the Fedora Core
installation process, you must use one or more image files to create
the necessary diskettes. You can find the necessary image files in
the images directory. This directory contains the following image
files:
- bootdisk.img - primary boot diskette image file
- drvblock.img - image file containing supplemental block device
drivers
- drvnet.img - image file containing supplemental network drivers
- pcmciadd.img - PCMCIA driver image file
A diskette created from the the bootdisk.img file is used to boot all
installations, no matter what installation method you select.
In addition, if you are performing anything other than a CD-ROM or
hard disk installation using only IDE/ATAPI devices, you will also
need to create one or more driver diskettes using one or more of the
driver diskette image files.
A diskette created from the drvblock.img file is required when the
system contains any non-IDE mass storage devices (such as SCSI disk
or CD-ROM drives) that are to be used during the installation.
A diskette created from the drvnet.img file is required when a
network-based installation method is to be used.
A diskette created from the pcmciadd.img file is required when
PCMCIA devices (such as a PCMCIA-based CD-ROM drive or network
adapter) are to be used during the installation.
To write any of these image files to a diskette, use either the
rawrite program in the dosutils directory, or 'dd' under any
Linux-like system. These programs will transfer the contents of the
image file to a diskette. Once the necessary diskettes have been
created, insert the boot diskette and boot your machine.
Also in the images/ directory is boot.iso. This file is an ISO
image that can be used to boot the Fedora Core installation
program. It is a handy way to start network-based installations
without having to use multiple diskettes. To use boot.iso, your
computer must be able to boot from its CD-ROM drive, and its BIOS
settings must be configured to do so. You must then burn boot.iso
onto a recordable/rewriteable CD-ROM.
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GETTING HELP
For those that have web access, see
http://fedora.redhat.com. In particular,
access to our mailing lists can be found at:
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/
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