Description of problem: Im a virgin linux user and having difficulty installing Fedora 8. Ive successfully downloaded the DVD ISO, checked the hash for errors (none), burned a DVD image (4x), and can get it to begin to boot, and it goes through the language, keyboard, and media location but after that I get a "The Fedora Core CD was not found" This was a problem in version 4 accoding to bugzilla #153014 Its a COMPAQ 2.8 Ghz intel with a DVD drive and a CD drive. It looks like it might be looking in the CD intead of the DVD? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):8 How reproducible:each time Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
The documentation http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options says that you can fix fix your issue by specifying a installation device by passing it as an argument to the kernel on boot. In simpler words you can type "linux method=hd://<dev>/<path>" when booting from the cd (and prompted for user input). The <dev>/<path> part will most likely be /dev/sr<number> (so the option would look like method=hd:///dev/sr1). You are most likely trying to access /dev/sr0 by default and require /dev/sr1. The sr<num> means a scsi read-only device (all ide devices are now using scsi emulation) and the number is the order (starting at 0) of the device reported to the kernel from the bios. Hope this resolves you issue. -Ian
Are you seeing any error messages on tty3 or tty4? You can switch over there by pressing alt-f3 and alt-f4.