Burning iso files

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Thu Jan 19 22:29:00 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 20:46 +0000, David Fletcher wrote:
> There was a discussion on the Fedora list today, about how to help new users 
> make sure they create the installation CDs correctly.
> 
> My suggestion, which seems to be viewed as being a good idea, is to place a 
> text file called READ_THIS_FIRST in the same folder as the iso files. It 
> would contain some very basic information about how the CD burning process 
> operates, and how to use the iso files.
> 
> The objectives would be to make the first installation of Fedora Core less 
> frustrating for beginners, and reduce the wastage of blank CD-Rs.
> 
> I am happy to spend some of my time doing a little typing to achieve these 
> objectives.

This is a good idea.  There's never been a canonical document about
this, and it seems like something that *should* be explained through
hand-holding.

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