Can't boot fedora

[Janina Sajka]

Floppy boots haven't been supported for some time. I honestly don't
remember whether it was Redhat 9 or Redhat 8 that was the last to
support booting from floppy diskette. But it definitely is no longer
supported.

Adrian Beech writes:
> Make sure that your BIOS, if it is supported,  is set up so that the CD is
> the first boot mech in the boot sequence and drop the 1st CD in and bounce
> the PC.  You most certainly don't need the boot/root floppies to start the
> installation process nor, hmmmmmm, from memory I don't think the floppies
> are recommended nowadays.  Perhaps Janina can clarify that point as I don't
> myself have time to dive into the FAQ's to check, etc.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Cheers.
> AB
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Chris Norman
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 August 2005 11:57 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Can't boot fedora
> 
> 
> Sorry, what do you mean? CheapBytes sent me the four disks of FC3, but not 
> the boot CDs, or the RescueCD, so I burned the Boot.iso image (from 
> ftp.linus-speakup.org) to a CD and booted from it, Disk 1 (that CheapBytes 
> sent) wouldn't boot, but it said in the instalation guide (from 
> linux-speakup.org) that it didn't usually anyway.
> 
> Which CD should I use to boot?
> 
> Cheers mate,
> 
> Chris Norman
> <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com -->
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Can't boot fedora
> 
> 
> > Follow the instructions in the INstallation HOWTO.
> >
> > You are not supposed to burn a separate boot disk. You're looking for 
> > trouble trying to invent that way.
> >
> > Chris Norman writes:
> >> Hi guys,
> >> I recently brought the four-cd set of the speakup modified 
> >> distribution
> >> from Cheapbytes (not sure of the spelling, it was a link I found on the 
> >> linux-speakup.org site), and burned my own boot CD (from the boot.iso 
> >> image). But after the boot cd has finished (without a problem), I put the
> 
> >> cd labeled "Install 1" into my drive and press ok, and it says "no fedora
> 
> >> cd was found that matches your boot media". Does this mean I have to 
> >> create images of the CDs from cheap bytes and burn them onto disks, like 
> >> the one I booted from???
> >>
> >> Cheers,
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org