Can't boot fedora

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Wed Aug 17 11:41:04 EDT 2005


OK. Let's go back to what "nothing hapens" means.
Does the Boot> prompt come up?

If yes, what do you do then, and what is the result?

Chris Norman writes:
> Hi mate, when I put the first disk in and boot the PC (I've done warm and 
> otherwise), nothing happens.
> 
> The how-to I'm using is V5.0, 1 January 2005. Has it been updated since 
> then? It's FC3 I'm installing.
> 
> The line about the first CD not booting says:
> 
> you can just create a CD ROM of the i386-disc1.iso image because this first 
> CD ROM image also creates a bootable CD ROM--though it currently doesn't 
> boot for all users.
> 
> Has this been changed?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris Norman
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> 
> >What happens when you boot the first disk?
> >
> >PS: I recall no statement as you assert.
> >
> >If you are questioning something in the howto, please quote it
> >precisely, and please provide the version number of the HOWTO you're
> >quoting from. You are using the current HOWTO, aren't you?
> >
> >The HOWTO has been carefully updated for each release over the years.
> >Circumstances change, and the HOWTO has attempted to track those things.
> >I cannot respond to your statement by going fishing for something that
> >looks like what you might be referring to. 
> 
> 
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