Cannot Boot FC6 Install DVD(s) on Athlon 64 System

[Kam Leo]

On 10/29/06, Rick Bilonick <rab at nauticom.net> wrote:
> I have two Athlon 64 systems both running FC5 and almost identical (same
> motherboards, memory, etc.). Both had newer DVD reader/writer drives. I
> had originally installed FC3 on both from DVD without problems. When I
> tried to install FC5 from dvd, they would boot and get almost to the end
> of the installation before failing (nicely destroying the working FC3s).
> I had a rewritable CD/DVD reader drive that I put in each machine and
> was able to install FC5 without any problems. I left the rewritable
> CD/DVD reader drive in the last machine I installed FC5 on.
>
> Now I want to install FC6. I burned two copies of the DVD. Trying to
> avoid problems I thought I would start with the machine that currently
> has the CD/DVD drive in that worked with FC5. But FC6 does not boot at
> all. I get a message saying it's booting from the CD/DVD but after a
> time out it fails. I tried the other machine with the newer DVD drive
> and it boots FC6 and I'm able to test the DVDs (both copies pass the
> test). The machine with the CD/DVD drive won't boot either. I'm afraid
> to try to install on the machine that has the newer drive for fear that
> the install will fail part way through.
>
> At this point I'm not sure what to do. It's like a giant step backwards.
> I'm downloading the 6 CD iso's now. Should I just install from the CDs?
> (I'm hoping the CD install doesn't fail.)
>
> Rick B.
>

Change media type, i.e. use DVD+R in place of DVD-R or DVD-RW. Not all
DVD drives are created equal. Some drives cannot read DVD-R or RW and
definitely not RAM.

You can also just burn CD #1, boot it, and perform an NFS or FTP install.