Can't Install FC2 from HARD DISK (Dual Boot with XP PRO)

[Unnicknamed 0]

Hello I'm sorry for bother you, I looked on the internet for a solution but i didn't find anything that solve my problem.

 

I'm trying to install FC2 from my HARD DISK.

 

This is what I got:

 

1. I have the 4 installation ISOS, they are already checked with md5sum, everything is ok.

 

2. I have already made the partitions with PartitionMagic, this is my HD structure:

 

Disk 1

 

SWAPSPACE

Type: Linux Swap

Size MB: 1027,6

Status: None

Pri/Log: Primary

 

LINUX

Type: Linux EXT3

Size MB: 9,216.9

Status: None

Pri/Log: Primary

 

Local C:

Type: FAT32

Size MB: 14, 982.5

Status: Active

Pri/Log: Primary

 

*

Type: Extended

Size MB: 4,102.5

Status: None

Pri/Log: Primary

 

Local R:

Type: FAT32

Size MB: 4,102.5

Status: None

Pri/Log: Logical

 

Partition Magic said that I have to set the EXT3 partition to "Active" before I run the installation.

 

Well, I already know about the geometry bug, so on the boot menu for start the installation I type: linux hda=3739,255,63

 

Everything it is ok until I have to choose the device where my isos are located

 

I only have this options to choose:

 

dev/hda1

dev/hda2

dev/hda3

dev/hda5

 

I copied the 4 iso files to the ext3 partition.

 

I tried to guess what could be the device that would have the isos, so I selected each of everyone but whatever I choosed it always said: "Device does not appear to contain Fedora Core CDROM images"

 

So, I don't what to do, I know something is wrong, maybe someone of you would help this linux newbie.

 

Thank you for your attention, I hope somebody answer to this. If you have any questions or if I didn't be clear on something just ask me.

 

(Yeah and sorry for my english)

 

[Dapper Dan 0]

Is there any reason you can't install Fedora Core 2 from CDs created from the ISOs? That I know will work. Also, if I'm understanding your partition scheme correctly, you have a swap then Linux EXT3 then Fat32, and there is Windows on this Fat32 partition? Theoretically I suppose it is possible to have your Windows OS somewhere else on the HD, but Windows will be MUCH happier if it is on the first partition on your HD, followed by Linux. As an example...

 

 

hda1 - fat32 - Windows

hda* - EXT3 - /

hda* - swap - swap

hda* - EXT3 - /home

[Unnicknamed 0]

Last time when I installed Red Hat, the Installation said that there was no found any cdrom containing the red hat installation. I didn't know if it was 'cause the Red Hat installation doesn't detect dvd roms or my cds were damaged.

 

I'm gonna try now to set the partitions like you told me. Thank you.

[danleff 0]

I agree with Dapper Dan. Wht not use cdr media to do the install?

 

By the way, there is no disk geometry issue if Windows is on a fat 32 partition, only ntfs. You should also have the iso images instaled on a different partition than what you are installing to, not the same one.

 

Are you using a floppy image to start the install?

 

Also, are you designating the partition, as well as the directory that contains the images? To give an example, I will post a screenshot, or better yet look here at figure 3-3

[Unnicknamed 0]

I'm stalling from the boot cd, and yes i follow the instructions and the page that you gave me but I got that problem.

 

I'm moving the partitions like Dapper Dan told me right know.

 

What program do you recommend to me for burn the isos? I don't want to screw more cds again.

[danleff 0]

I just installed Mandrake 10.1 on my test system using the hard drive install method and the cdrom boot image. It worked very well. The issue is that you need to keep track of what the order of the partitions that you created, so yu know where to point the installer to. I bet the mistake that you makde was to point the installer to the correct drive, but failed to tell it the directory that the iso's were in. Say, if they were in a directory named "isos", then you would have to point to /isos.

 

If the isos were just in the root directory (not in a sub-directory) then you should have typed /, which designated the root of the partition.

 

Just for clarifcation, did you give the exact order of you partitions above? in other words, was Windows installed as the first os on the system? If so, than it should have been on the first partition of the drive. Or, did you resize partitions, or move the Windows partitions to make the swap partition...?

 

In terms of burning cd's, the common error is to burn them at too fast a speed. Do not burn them at the top rate of the cdrw drive. Use 4X or 8X speed.

 

I also noticed that you spoke of dvd? Did you burn the previously failed iso's on cd or dvd?

 

The other issue, is did you just burn the iso to a cd, or did you burn the image? if you burned just the iso file, then you would see just the iso file on the cd after the burn. This would, of course, be incorrect. but I doubt that you did this, because you burned a boot sio to try the current install, correct?

 

 

I use Nero all the time, which is a fine program. However, another good choice for Windows XP is CdBurner XP Pro

 

It does a very good job and is free to the user.

 

BTW, I noticed that you accidently started another thread, Do you want that deleted?

[Unnicknamed 0]

The isos are in the root directory, and yes I typed "/" when I had to pointed to the directory.

 

I installed Windows first, then I used PartitionMagic to create new partitions (I used the "Install another operative system option, so PM resize them) but I didn't pay attention on the order of each partition. But now I set them like this:

 

hda1 - fat32 - Windows (here in C: is where my isos are)

hda2 - EXT3 - /

hda3 - swap - swap

hda5 - EXT3 - /home

 

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Yep, when I tried to install RedHat 9 (I burned CDs), and I selected the option of CD ROM install. The setup said that there wasn't any RedHat installation CDROM. But I didn't know why, if I booted from that CD. I thought it was because of I have a DVD/CDROM drive and RH didn't recognize it or maybe because I didn't burn correctly the CDs.

 

Of course I burned from the image, not only the iso to a cd.

Correct, I got here my cd boot that I burned from the image 'boot.iso'

 

I have Nero too, thats the program that I think to use.

 

And yes please delete that thread, sorry. :$

[Unnicknamed 0]

I know what the problem is, I downloaded the wrong files. ;(

 

I got the sources (the SRPMS) and no the installation isos. So, I can't do anything than download the: FC2-i386-disc1.iso, FC2-i386-disc2.iso, FC2-i386-disc3.iso, FC2-i386-disc4.iso, right?

[Dapper Dan 0]

Yes. You now have the right ISOs.