noob can't get fedora 7 install DVD to boot

David M wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:46:43 +0000, awm129 rearranged some electrons to
> form:
>
>
>>I downloaded the DVD ISO for Fedora 7. I've burned it to disc.
>>However, every computer I put it in refuses to boot it. Yes my BIOS
>>is configured correctly (i disabled everything BUT the optical
>>drive). I see there is another ISO (within this DVD ISO I downloaded,
>>under the images dir) called boot.iso. Is this the ISO should be
>>writting out to disk to begin the installation process? Any ideas?
>
>
> You can't just copy the .iso file to your DVD. You have to use the .iso
> file to make an image on the DVD. Search your DVD burning software for
> help on how to do that.
>
David,


AVM129 (Who that may be) means inside the filesystem tree there is a
file /images/boot.iso. This /images/boot.iso he or she can only see when
the DVD is burned correctly.

First option: Whether or not to you need to activate an option to make
the DVD bootable in the burner software.

Second option: Is to check whether or not the original installation ISO
is of the correct size. If the download failed some how, it might look
like a correct DVD, but still you get strange behavior when trying to
install.


Best regards,


Jan Gerrit

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