Core 4 installation on an old Gateway

[H Q]

>From: Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>,For users of Fedora Core releases 
><fedora-list at redhat.com>
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Core 4 installation on an old Gateway
>Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:32:35 -0800
>
>On 7/18/05, H Q <ecomeasurement at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Here's the lastest --I tried burning the ISO images at 4X on the newer 
>Dell,
> > and then tried to boot on the old Gateway (G6-266).  The CD-ROM (1st in 
>the
> > boot queue) tried valiantly at least three times to read the CD (I could
> > hear the sweeps and the read light was on) but alas, it didn't happen.
> >
> > One thing I could try is using different burner software that physically
> > makes the CD "bootable", but two things concern me:
> >
> > 1) The 1st fedora ISO image should boot by itself, as it does on my 
>newer
> > machine, and
> > 2) The "bootable disk" option does not seem to correspond to true ISO
> > format, rather more Joliet or Windows type, and so may not help...
> >
> > H.
> >
>
>Please do not place your response at the top of the reply. That's
>called top posting and is frond upon.
>
>Do not try to make a "bootable disk".  It will only create a coaster.
>
>It would appear that the drive on your old Gateway cannot read the
>discs burned on your other machine.  If you have access to another
>burner you can try creating another FC4-disc-1. If that disc boots
>then you can burn the other discs on that machine.
>
>An alternative is for you to switch out the CD-ROM drive from your
>Gateway with the drive from your newer machine, perform the install,
>and then switch the drives back.
>
>You might consider purchasing a new drive.  A new 16x DVD-ROM drive
>costs less than $20US, a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive $35US, 16x DVD
>dual-layer RW $60US.
>
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Yes, a sequential reply queue is preferred --and I forgot.
Thanks for the price information --it is useful.


H.

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