Can someone please help I have been stuck for days.

[Mathew S. Nowend]

Marc

Okay I finally got the right copy of FC3 and I able to get my NIC
working properly.  Thank you SOOOO much.  I have a few more questions
and I don't want to be a pest so is the bugzilla a thread that I can
search through that will be able to help me as well?

Thanks again for everything,

Mathew




On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 00:24 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote:
> Marc
> 
> Sorry to hear about your loss.  I just sent a email posting before this one
> but don't pay attention to it since it is also a test copy of FC3 I will
> continue to try mirror sites and see what happens.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mathew
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:MSchwartz at MedAnalytics.com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:34 PM
> To: Mathew S. Nowend
> Subject: RE: Can someone please help I have been stuck for days.
> 
> On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 17:53 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote:
> > Marc,
> > 
> > I am running FC 3 or at least that is what the iso's are saying that I
> > downloaded.  I am downloading a new set as I type this and going to
> > re-install it.  However on my last install it did give me a warning saying
> > that the copy I was using was for testing only not for everyday use.  Do
> you
> > know where I can get a definite copy of FC3 iso's? Every time I try
> > linuxiso.org I get page not found on all the mirror sites as well as the
> > main sites.
> > 
> > Mathew
> 
> Mathew,
> 
> Sorry for the delay in my reply. I just got back from attending a
> funeral service this evening.
> 
> The version of the kernel that you are using was indeed part of the FC 3
> test releases, though not part of the final release, which moved to
> 2.6.9-1.667. I did not realize that you were using a test release.
> 
> I would certainly urge you to download the final release of FC3, as
> there are a lot of fixes incorporated in the final version. Of course,
> there have already been fixes released even to the final version.
> 
> In terms of a location to download them, you should consider using one
> of the Fedora mirrors. These are listed at:
> 
> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html
> 
> Pick one of the mirrors that is geographically close to you and download
> the ISO images, which will be located in a subdirectory something along
> the lines of .../fedora/core/3/i386/iso.
> 
> You may just need to try several mirrors until you get one that responds
> reasonably quickly. It is not uncommon for the servers to be busy for at
> least a week or so after the initial release as everyone is in a rush to
> get the new release. If you click on one and it takes a while to
> respond, move on to the next one down the line. Don't wait. If it is
> slow to respond initially, it will be even slower to download.
> 
> There will be 4 CD sized ISO images (1 - 4) or one DVD ISO image for
> burning using a DVD writer.  Be sure to also download the MD5SUM file so
> that you can verify the integrity of the files before you burn them.
> 
> I hope that helps. Once you get the final version of FC 3 installed, you
> can then use the procedure that I initially posted with the file that I
> indicated, which is designed for the 2.6.9 series kernels.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> 
> 
>