Description of problem: There is no bootdisk.img in FC2-test2 while many PC-Win XP can install only by floppy bootdisk.img Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC2-test2-i386-disc1.iso How reproducible: very easy Steps to Reproduce: 1. choose double system P-IV with Win-XP 2. select bios boot priority CDROM: FC2-test2-i386-disc1.iso 3. reboot Actual results: PC booting from HD, no possibility to install FC2-test2 Expected results: PC booting from CDROM Additional info: The same thing was noticed by my colleagues and students
The 2.6 kernel is too large to fit on a floppy. See bug 119386 for the (lengthy) investigation into the CD not booting.
bug 119386 do'nt apply in this case because: 1. the TEAC CDROM and the BIOS PT84510A.86A.0012.P01 do not work with no CD-install at all, FC2-test2.iso is no exception 2. XP-professional has no independent MS-DOS. so no way to use dos utils for FC2 instalation 3. FC2 kernel 2.6 is to big for discette, so no bootdisk.iso Result: NO POSIBILITY TO BOOT Fedora core2 and later, my PC is not unique, so I hope that some care will be taken for such machines in the final release of FC2
While Test 1 Installed perfectly, Test 2 will not boot from the ISO Image. My whole office has same problem. And there are reports of this other places. We made and downloaded ISO images from different sources with different internet connections. SAME PROBLEM on 4 different computers from different sources.