Help needed -alternative method to install FC2 where CD1 no recognised

[Simon Tierney]

Help please FC2 boots from the Mashita DVD multi drive but after I specify
language and  keyboard type the system reads from the DVD drive then says
the FC2 disk 1 isn't present.

I have burned 3 of them, and it has been suggested that the installation
program lacks a driver for the mashita.

Can anyone tell me an alternative method to install FC2?

Thanks for any help.

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[Edward Dekkers]

Simon Tierney wrote:
> Help please FC2 boots from the Mashita DVD multi drive but after I specify
> language and  keyboard type the system reads from the DVD drive then says
> the FC2 disk 1 isn't present.

Did you do an MD5SUM and Media check on the disks? The command line 
'cdnodma' may also help here. Also making sure the hardware 
configuration is correct can also help.
> I have burned 3 of them, and it has been suggested that the installation
> program lacks a driver for the mashita.

Not unless it's SCSI. If it's standard ATAPI, is hooked up correctly, 
and you have a decent motherboard that does I/O properly that suggestion 
is wrong.
> Can anyone tell me an alternative method to install FC2?

Yes, but that kind of stuff gets very complicated.

Can I strongly suggest you check the archives of this list as your 
problem has been covered quite a few times before...

Regards,
Ed.

[Oldman]

On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 10:34, Simon Tierney wrote:
> Help please FC2 boots from the Mashita DVD multi drive but after I specify
> language and  keyboard type the system reads from the DVD drive then says
> the FC2 disk 1 isn't present.
>
> I have burned 3 of them, and it has been suggested that the installation
> program lacks a driver for the mashita.
>
> Can anyone tell me an alternative method to install FC2?
>
> Thanks for any help.

I have seen this problem asked many times recently, IIRC the solution
is to use the linux nodma on the boot prompt. Please see the options to
make sure I remember correctly though, the one you want prevents
hardware testing prior to install.

If this isn't the right answer, perhaps you could search the archives
for the many alternate installs which have been discussed to death here?

HTH

Scott