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.
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On 05/27/2008 07:45 AM, Marc Ferguson 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. |
And that's why the install has the "test media" option! Sometimes they just don't burn right.
When you try to read the DVD, do you see a list of files and directories or just a .iso file? If the latter, then you didn't create the DVD properly. You should be able to right click the .iso file and select BURN.
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On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Steven Stern < subscribed-lists@sterndata.com> wrote:
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On 05/27/2008 07:45 AM, Marc Ferguson 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. |
And that's why the install has the "test media" option! Sometimes they just don't burn right.
When you try to read the DVD, do you see a list of files and directories or just a .iso file? If the latter, then you didn't create the DVD properly. You should be able to right click the .iso file and select BURN.
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Thanks for the quick response. I did right-click and burn the iso file. So; it should have the contents of the iso file on the DVD, but I didn't verify that either because I've burned lots o iso file in my days (still should check though). I don't think I verified it using SHA1. I just saw the http://fedoraproject.org/en/verify page. So; I'll do that. Do I have to run the commands as root? I saw in another mailing list -- something about running those commands as root.
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.
--Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 08:47 -0500, dsavage@peaknet.net 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
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 10:08 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 08:47 -0500, dsavage@peaknet.net 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.
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On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 09:45 -0400, Marc Ferguson wrote:
did right-click and burn the iso file. So; it should have the contents of the iso file on the DVD, but I didn't verify that either because I've burned lots o iso file in my days (still should check though). I don't think I verified it using SHA1. I just saw the http://fedoraproject.org/en/verify page. So; I'll do that. Do I have to run the commands as root? I saw in another mailing list -- something about running those commands as root.
I can't imagine why you'd need to be root to do a checksum test on an ISO file, and I've never needed to be. That verify page doesn't make such a suggestion.
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