[CA LUG] Looking for a good burn of Fedora Core 4

[Russ]

Hello,

Thanks for all the info group.

Russ Main

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:

> I have tried several times as well with no luck. But I DO have a theory.
> 
> The obvious thing that comes to mind is that the DVD is > 2G, meaning 
> that the md5sum (or in this case, sha1sum) must be a 64-bit program.
> 
> I do all my downloading under Windoze XP. The download tool I use is 
> called DAP (Download Accelerator Program) from www.speedbit.com
> 
> It automatically finds mirrors and opens multiple connections to 
> different sites, putting the pieces back together. It's pretty spiffy, 
> and it's free (a better version is available if you want to pay for it).
> 
> The md5sum verifier I use is nice. You drag the file with the md5 sums 
> into it, and it reads the filesnames from the text and compares the 
> sums. It will also generate them if you ask.
> 
> For burning, I use the Nero that came with my HP DVD burner. Like with 
> CD-Rs, it's probably a good idea to limit other activity during the burns.
> 
> In any case, I have started simply burning the first CD and at the boot: 
> prompt typing "linux askmethod". It will ask whether you want to install 
> from {CD,DVD,disk,NFS,FTP,HTTP}. If you have a fast network, the last 
> two are good. But I choose "disk" for my local installs. You simply tell 
> it which partition and directory the ISOs are on. I use a FAT32 
> partition as an exchange area between the systems.
> 
> FWIW, loading from disk is faster than from CD or DVD and uses less plastic.
> 
> If you like, you can even boot a rescue linux, newfs the target 
> partition, copy the ISOs there, and when you choose the root partition, 
> tell it not to format it.
> 
> Another poster mentioned unpacking the initrd, chrooting to it, and 
> invoking /linuxrc (the install proggram) directly! I haven't tried that, 
> but it sounds promising. You don't need to burn anything that way!
> 
> JIM
> 
> Russ wrote:
> > Don,
> > 
> > I have tried several times myself using Roxio on Windows, and I havent
> > been successful either.  I dont know the proper procedure, but you may
> > want to try using a Knoppix cd and copy/download the iso's.  Let me or the
> > group know how you resolve this please.
> > 
> > Russ M 
> > 
> > On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Don Miller III wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Hi CALUG.
> >>
> >>I have repeatedly tried to download the image file fore FC4 DVD or 
> >>Cd's.  I would prefer the DVD but it really does not matter for me.  I 
> >>want to explore Linux and after years of use off and on, I am still a 
> >>novice.  If anyone has suggestions, or can connect for me to burn a 
> >>copy, I would appreciate it. 
> >>
> >>Thanks for your help
> >>
> >>Don
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> > 
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Russ Main
> > 
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Sincerely,

Russ Main