instalation problem-- was Re: fc3 download

[Janina Sajka]

Oh, we have progress. Indeed we do.

We just don't have a conclusion, and therefore no mirror on line yet.

Al Puzzuoli writes:
> Hi Janina,
> 
> Sigh.  I take it no  progress  has been made on the mirror yet right?  I 
> was planning on getting this done this weekend but at this point, the 
> download speeds being what they are, I'm not sure if that's possible any 
> longer.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:04 PM
> Subject: Re: instalation problem-- was Re: fc3 download
> 
> 
> >Unfortunately, this problem you've stumbled into is all too common,
> >especially for people installing for the first time.
> >
> >If you already have Linux, you can run what's called an md5sum check on
> >the downloaded image files, and also on your burned disks. This is the
> >only sure way to tell you haven't mixed versions--and it's extremely
> >important not to mix versions as you've now discovered.
> >
> >If you can't run md5sum, for example because you only have Windows now,
> >you can certainly look at the iso file byte size and date stamps. That
> >should indicate whether or not you've mixed versions.
> >
> >I'm very sorry, but you'll need to get a complete set in order to
> >install successfully.
> >
> >Al Puzzuoli writes:
> >>Hi all,
> >>i'm having a problem and I'm not sure whether I'm hosed or if there's a 
> >>way
> >>to continue without redownloading everything.
> >>
> >>After downloading the majority of FC3 from the site John has so kindly 
> >>made
> >>available, I thought I was ready to start my install.  However, before I
> >>knew about John's site, I downloaded some of the isos from linux-speakup,
> >>and I don't remember now which isos I got from which site. At the time, I
> >>assumed they were the same version.
> >>
> >>At any rate, after I burned my disks, the first problem I noticed was 
> >>that
> >>for some reason, my disk 1 wasn't bootable.  I then burned the boot.iso
> >>image from that disk, which booted fine.  I thought I was off and 
> >>running,
> >>the install asked me all of its questions and began chugging along on 
> >>disk
> >>1.  However, it then asked for disk 2.  I put in what should have been 
> >>disk
> >>2 and was told "wrong cd-rom".
> >>
> >>So, now what?  I don't know if the isos on John's site are a different
> >>version, or if one of the disk 2 isos is really not disk 2, or if I got a
> >>bad download of something... grumble!
> >>
> >>Is there a way to identify the disks and/or versions by looking at the
> >>directories?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.
> >>
> >>
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> >Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040
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> >
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

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

If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.