Really need help >>

Erich K · 08-30-2005, 09:16 PM

Okay, so I have a gateway E-3000. It use to have a 1gb hard drive but I got a new 20gb one. But now I tried to install fedora on it but alas it will not run. i have all 4 disks but i'm not sure how to install it. i also tried changing the BIOS to boot the cd drive but it just says "No operating system found." And i have windows98 installed on the hard drive but it doesn't autorun the disk or anything. Anyone have any idea's? Any at all will help. I'm thinking it might be to old a computer to install fedora. but i spent an extra 30$ to buy the new hard drive so i could put fedora on it so i really need help :mad:

macdude425 · 08-30-2005, 09:29 PM

Ensure that the CDs work on another computer. If they don't, check the MD5 sums for the ISOs to ensure that they are correct.

furtivefelon · 08-30-2005, 10:39 PM

try putting ur windows cd into the drive, see if it boots, if it does, then check the MD5 sum..

hilowe · 08-31-2005, 09:32 AM

Also, did you burn the cd's as images, or did you burn them as data disks?

The cd's need to be burned as images. (I screwed that one up my first time, and have seen on other forums that it's a pretty common mistake.)

Erich K · 08-31-2005, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hilowe
Also, did you burn the cd's as images, or did you burn them as data disks?

The cd's need to be burned as images. (I screwed that one up my first time, and have seen on other forums that it's a pretty common mistake.)

I'm not really sure. Because i got them off a guy on ebay as fedora install i thought they would already be .iso. It has the directory as "fedora, images, isolist, and then some other stuff just sitting there"
What do i need to make it ready to burn as .iso?

macdude425 · 08-31-2005, 06:09 PM

Well, my first question is why did you buy them? This doesn't look good; the CDs may have been burned incorrectly.

MidwestComputer · 08-31-2005, 07:05 PM

you can download the iso images if your got broadband like cable or something bc most of these iso images you down load can be from 100 to 750mb or sometimes in 2gb in size.

Erich K · 08-31-2005, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by macdude425
Well, my first question is why did you buy them? This doesn't look good; the CDs may have been burned incorrectly.

They were cheap. also to get them all with my connection would have taken like 3 days. and because my brothers also use the computer. that wouldn't work. I have the directory's and stuff. so could i make an .iso out of that?

macdude425 · 08-31-2005, 09:44 PM

You would have to make an image out of the CD and reburn that to another CD. And if the disk was burned incorrectly will not help at all.

Erich K · 09-04-2005, 04:03 PM

I figured it out, for anyone else who has this problem here is what i did

#1 copy the ISOLINUX directory from disk 1 to your hard drive, it should have files named vmlinuz and initrd.img

#2 Go to this URL and download LOADLIN.EXE in the dosutils directory

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/p...86/os/dosutils/

#3 copy LOADLIN.exe into the same directory where you copied isolinux

#4 boot into a dos prompt from your version of windows

#5 cd to the isolinux directory on your hard drive and use this command line:

loadlin vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img

#6 set everything and complete the installation

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