On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 10:08 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 08:47 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm not in front of my computer (and I'm a linux noob) so my terms and > > > details may be off a bit. I'm running Fedora 8 on my desktop and I > > > downloaded the full 4GB iso for F9. I burned the DVD at 18x or some > > > other god-forsaken slow speed. When I boot with the DVD it gives me > > > some wierd i/o, sector and I can't continue with the installation. > > > > > > I'm trying to install it on my IBM Thinkpad R40, but I tried the boot > > > DVD on my desktop too with the same result. > > > > Mark, > > > > Some things to check... > > > > First of all, make sure that the DVD ISO file you downloaded is not > > corrupt. There was a very small text file named SHA1SUM that you should > > should have downloaded along with the ISO(s). Put it in the same directory > > as the ISO(s) and run: > > > > $ sha1sum -c SHA1SUM > > > > If it does not say your DVD ISO is "OK", it is corrupt and you'll have to > > download it again. (This would be a good time to learn about rsync.) Make > > sure that whatever file transfer utility you are using can accurately pull > > down a file larger than 2GB. Some can't. > > > > Next, check your DVD burning process. Have you successfully burned DVDs > > before? With the DVD blanks you're currently using? (If you're using DVD+R > > blanks, is your burner certified for "+"?) What burner software are you > > using? The best way to burn a DVD from an ISO in Fedora 8 is to right > > click on its icon in a Nautilus (like Explorer) window and select "Write > > to disk". > > > > Finally, if you clear both of these wickets safely, there's an integrity > > check to run shortly after you boot from the DVD. Pass that and you should > > be able to get through the rest of the installation. > > Personally I just go straight to this last one, because passing the > previous tests gives you no guarantee the disk is correctly burned, and > if the downloaded file is wrong it will also pick it up even if the burn > is correct. > > poc >
Thanks for all your help. I figured out that I downloaded the wrong file. I downloaded i686 version instead of i386. I got F9 running on my Thinkpad R40, now I'm just trying to get wireless to work. I got all my WEP information in, but it's not connecting. Marc Ferguson President/CEO D I G I T A L A L I A S 280 Misty Walk Fairburn, GA 30213-2486 770-238-2362 - Tel. 877-853-5055 - Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.digitalalias.net
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