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

Rajiv Gunja opn.src.rocks at gmail.com
Sun Sep 18 09:26:47 CDT 2005


Hi,

I got a good copy of FC 4 on DVD, I would be glad to donate my copy or burn =

you a copy.
The thing is when installing, the Red Hat Media test failed and Data =

verification by Nero failed, but the install went fine.
Let me know if you / anyone else still needs it.
 =

-GGR
Rajiv G Gunja


On 9/16/05, Russ <rmain at polaris.umuc.edu> wrote:
> =

> 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<http://=
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
> =

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