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<article>
  <title>Discs</title>

<section>
    <title>Introduction</title>
    <para>
      The Fedora Core distribution is provided in the form of ISO 9660
      standard filesystem images. You can copy these ISO images onto
      either CDROM or DVD media to produce a bootable disc.
    </para>
    <para>
      Before you can install Fedora Core on a computer, you must
      transfer, or <firstterm>burn</firstterm>, the ISO files to blank
      disc media (CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW). This document describes the
      procedure for burning these files using a few common tools. This
      document assumes that you have no experience with Linux, and that
      you are using Microsoft Windows for the purpose of downloading and
      burning the files.
    </para>
  </section>

<section>
    <title>Downloading</title>
    <para>
      The ISO files are large, and it may take a long time to download
      them, especially using a dial-up modem. You may want to use a
      download manager.
    </para>
    <section>
      <title>Choosing CD or DVD</title>
      <para>
        Fedora Core is distributed on multiple CD-sized ISO image files,
    or a single DVD-sized ISO image file. You can use the single DVD
    ISO file if your computer meets the following requirements:
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            It has a DVD-writable or DVD-rewritable drive
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            It has a NTFS drive with sufficient space to hold the image
        file
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
      <para>
        To write the DVD ISO file to a disc, your computer needs to have
    a drive that will write to DVD media. If your computer has a
    drive that only writes CD media and not DVD media, download the
    CD-sized files instead.
      </para>
      <para>
        Some file systems cannot store files larger than 2 GB, such as
    the DVD image. The commonly-used NTFS file system does not have
    this limitation, but many other non-NTFS formats do, such as
    FAT32. To check the format of a drive under Windows such as
    <systemitem>C:</systemitem>, select the
    <guilabel>Start</guilabel> menu and then <guilabel>My
      Computer</guilabel>. Right-click the drive you want to check,
    and choose <guilabel>Properties</guilabel>. The resulting dialog
    displays the format for that file system. If you do not have an
    NTFS drive with enough free space, download the CD-sized files
    instead.
      </para>
      <para>
        Create a new directory where you can download all of these
    files. You need approximately 700 MiB of free space available
    for each CD-sized ISO file, or approximately 3.5 GiB for the
    DVD-sized ISO file. This document assumes you have downloaded
    the files to the folder <filename class="directory">C:\Documents
      and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Downloads\Fedora
      Core</filename>.
      </para>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Choosing the ISO Files</title>
      <para>
        The exact files you need from the download server depend upon
    your system and the version of Fedora Core you are downloading.
    The files you need are named in the form of
    <filename>FC-<replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>-<replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable>-disc<replaceable>&lt;count&gt;</replaceable>.iso</filename>, 
    where "<replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>" is the
    version of Fedora Core you wish to download,
    "<replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable>" is your computer's
    processor architecture, and
    "<replaceable>&lt;count&gt;</replaceable>" is the disc number
    for each of the installation CDs.
      </para>
      <para>
        The computer processor architecture is usually
    <systemitem>i386</systemitem> for 32-bit PCs, including the
    Pentium and Athlon processor families.  The architecture is
    usually <systemitem>x86_64</systemitem> for 64-bit PCs,
    including the Athlon 64 processor family.  The architecture is
    usually <systemitem>ppc</systemitem> for PowerPC computers,
    including most of Apple's Mac offerings. If in doubt, your
    system probably requires the <systemitem>i386</systemitem>
    versions.
      </para>
      <para>
        If you are downloading Fedora Core 6 for a Pentium 4 computer,
    for example, you need these files:
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <filename>FC-6-i386-disc1.iso</filename>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <filename>FC-6-i386-disc2.iso</filename>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <filename>FC-6-i386-disc3.iso</filename>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <filename>FC-6-i386-disc4.iso</filename>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <filename>FC-6-i386-disc5.iso</filename>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
      <para>
        Or, if you prefer to install from a single DVD, you only need
    this file:
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <filename>FC-6-i386-DVD.iso</filename>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
      <para>
        You may also need the <code>SHA1SUM</code> file to verify that
    the files you have downloaded are complete and correct.
      </para>
    </section>
  </section>

<section>
    <title>Validating the Files</title>
    <para>
      Errors can occur during the download, even if your download
      manager reports none. Therefore it is <emphasis role='strong'>very
    important</emphasis> to check that the files have not been
      corrupted in any way. This is the purpose of the
      <filename>SHA1SUM</filename> file. It contains one line for each
      of the available ISO files with a content verification code called
      a <firstterm>hash</firstterm> computed from the original ISO files.
    </para>
    <para>
      <note>
        <title>BitTorrent Automatic Error Checking</title>
        <para>
          BitTorrent automatically performs this error checking during
      downloads. If your BitTorrent application reports all files
      have been successfully downloaded, you can safely skip this
      step.
        </para>
      </note>
    </para>
    <section>
      <title>Validating in the Windows Graphical Environment</title>
      <para>
        There are a number of free (as in cost) products available for
    file validation and hashing that have point and click
    interfaces. Here are links to a few of them:
      </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            HashCalc: <ulink url='http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/'/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            eXpress CheckSum Calculator (XCSC): <ulink
          url='http://www.irnis.net/soft/xcsc/'/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
      <para>
        Follow the instructions provided to install the program. When
    you run the program, use the file selection tools provided to
    select your downloaded ISO image files. Then select the SHA-1
    algorithm for calculation, and run the tool. The program takes
    some time to complete, since it must read the entire ISO file.
      </para>
      <para>
        Open the file <filename>SHA1SUM</filename> with a text editor,
    such as <application>WordPad</application>, to display its
    contents. Make sure the hash displayed by the hash tool for
    <emphasis role='strong'>each</emphasis> of the downloaded ISO
    files <emphasis role='strong'>exactly</emphasis> matches the
    corresponding hash in the <filename>SHA1SUM</filename> file.
      </para>
      <para>
        If all of the hashes match, you can then burn the ISO files to
    media. If a file does not match, you may have to download it
    again.
      </para>
      <para>
        <important>
          <title>CAVEAT EMPTOR</title>
          <para>
            The Fedora Project and Red Hat, Inc. have no control over
        external sites such as the ones listed above, or the
        programs they provide.
          </para>
        </important>
      </para>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Validating at the Windows Command Prompt</title>
      <para>
        To check the files using the command prompt, you need to
    download the program <filename>sha1sum.exe</filename>.  For
    instructions and the link to download the program, refer to
    <ulink
      url='http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2004q4/000184.html'/>.
      </para>
      <para>
        The <filename>sha1sum.exe</filename> program computes and
    displays hashes. To use it, save
    <filename>sha1sum.exe</filename> to the same directory as the
    ISO files. Select <guilabel>Run...</guilabel> from the Start
    menu and then enter <userinput>cmd</userinput> for the name of
    the program to start a <application>Command Prompt</application>
    window. Then change into the download directory. Run
    <command>sha1sum</command> with each ISO file like this:
      </para>
      <screen><![CDATA[cd "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Downloads\Fedora Core"
sha1sum.exe FC5-i386-disc1.iso]]></screen>
      <para>
        The program takes some time to complete, since it must read the
    entire ISO file.
      </para>
      <para>
        Open the file <filename>SHA1SUM</filename> with a text editor,
    such as <application>WordPad</application>, to display its
    contents. Make sure the hash displayed by
    <filename>sha1sum.exe</filename> for <emphasis
      role='strong'>each</emphasis> of the downloaded ISO files
    <emphasis role='strong'>exactly</emphasis> matches the
    corresponding hash in the <filename>SHA1SUM</filename> file.
      </para>
      <para>
        If all of the hashes match, the ISO files can be burned to
    media. If a file does not match, you may have to download it
    again.
      </para>
    </section>
  </section>

<section>
    <title>Burning</title>
    <para>
      The process of burning a CD is not always obvious to the users of
      Windows. Windows applications often let users burn data discs by
      simply dragging the source files into a box and clicking the
      <guilabel>Burn</guilabel> button.
    </para>
    <para>
      In reality, though, the burning software performs two operations.
      First, it creates an ISO 9660 standard image, just like the ones
      used to install Fedora Core, from the source files that were
      dragged into the box. Second, it transfers that ISO file onto the
      blank CD. If the original source file was already an ISO image,
      the resulting CD is not usable for installation purposes.
    </para>
    <para>
      To create the Fedora installation CDs, <emphasis role='strong'>it
    is vital that you only perform the second step</emphasis> with
      the Fedora Core ISO files. The steps required to do this using
      several popular CD burning applications are listed below.
    </para>
    <section>
      <title>Using The ISO Recorder V2 Power Toy</title>
      <para>
        Obtain and install the ISO Recorder power toy from the <ulink
      url='http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm'/> web
    site.
      </para>
      <procedure>
        <step>
          <para>
            In Explorer, right click on the first Fedora Code ISO file
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            In the context menu, select "Copy image to CD"
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Follow the steps given by the "CD Recording Wizard" pop-up
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Repeat for the remaining ISO files
          </para>
        </step>
      </procedure>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Using Roxio Easy Media Creator 7</title>
      <procedure>
        <step>
          <para>
            Start "Creator Classic"
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Select "Other Tasks"
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Select "Burn from Disc Image File"
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Choose the first Fedora Core ISO file and burn it
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Repeat the above steps for each of the other ISO files
          </para>
        </step>
      </procedure>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Using Nero Burning ROM 5</title>
      <procedure>
        <step>
          <para>
            Start the program
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Open the "File" menu
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Select "Burn Image"
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Choose the first Fedora Core ISO file and burn it
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Repeat the above steps for each of the other ISO files
          </para>
        </step>
      </procedure>
    </section>
    <section>
      <title>Using Nero Express 6</title>
      <procedure>
        <step>
          <para>
            Start the program
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Select "Disc Image or Saved Project"
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            An Open dialog appears. Select the first Fedora Core ISO
        file. Click Open.
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            The next screen allows you to select Writing Speed. You
        should set this to 4x for DVD, or 16x for CD, for best
        performance.
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Click Next to Burn
          </para>
        </step>
        <step>
          <para>
            Repeat the steps above for the other ISO files
          </para>
        </step>
      </procedure>
    </section>
  </section>

<section>
    <title>Testing Your Discs</title>
    <para>
      In order to be certain the CDs will work on your system, you may
      wish to burn only disc 1 and then perform the following process
      before burning the others:
    </para>
    <procedure>
      <step>
        <para>
          Following the directions from your computer's manufacturer,
      make sure your computer's BIOS is set to boot from the CD
      drive.
        </para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>
          Reboot the computer with disc 1 in the CD drive.  The boot
      menu for the Fedora Core installer appears.
    </para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>
          Press <emphasis role='strong'>Enter</emphasis>.
        </para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>
          Follow the directions on-screen until you are asked if you
      would like to perform a media check.
        </para>
      </step>
      <step>
        <para>
          Conduct the check against the first disc. If the check
      succeeds, your disc is correct.  At this point the installer
      has changed nothing on your computer. Remove the Fedora Core
      installation disc and restart the system so that the computer
      boots into Windows.
    </para>
      </step>
      <step>
    <para>
      Burn the other three ISO images. After burning the other
      discs, you can repeat the media check to test them all.
    </para>
      </step>
    </procedure>
  </section>

<section>
    <title>Comments and Feedback</title>
    <para>
      If you have suggestions for this document, send an email to
      relnotes AT fedoraproject.org. We welcome directions for other
      tools and platforms.
    </para>
  </section>
</article>

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