Fedora, disk -99 error

[Janina Sajka]

Radical NetSurfer writes:
> Seems like that error -999 has been there for a very
> long time now.


Let's clarify. Some people run into it, most don't. I can't 100% answer,
but it seems the most common reason is incorrectly created media. The
advice is to run media check before attempting to install. That step
should not be skipped.

> I also could not install Speakup's FC-5 at all.
> Some people seem to have luck if they access the DVD
> from a networked system; however not all of us have
> more than one PC handy to do that kind of install.
> I just do not understand why Speakup's installation
> works this way.
> 
> 
> I have, however, installed the Fedora Core version of
> FC-6.  I was very disappointed that many of the
> Preferences applications do not function properly.
> Some are very sluggish to respond, some do not seem to
> work at all.  It is a problem that FC people are aware
> of.
> I did not encounter this with FC-5, so I am not going
> to use FC-6 until more information is forthcoming.
> I was going to practice installing the Speakup Orgs
> special FC-6 kernel and teach myself how to toggle
> between it and the original kernel.  
> 
> 
> --- Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> wrote:
> 
> > MOdified Installation HOWTO and on our web page.
> > 
> > Danny Crone writes:
> > > Hello everyone.  While installing Fedora, I got
> > the error,
> > > that the open office.org package was corrupt. 
> > Then there was the  
> > > message, "Please insert Fedora disk -99 to
> > contenue."
> > > All disks came from speakupmodified.org, were
> > downloaded using Mac  
> > > yesterday, and were burned by a Macintosh using
> > disk utility.
> > > 
> > > What does this error mean?  What should be done
> > about this?
> > > 
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> >
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.595.7777
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://CapitalAccessibility.Com

Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

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