fedora core 4

I have burned the 4 images; disc 1 should boot from CD isn't it?
disc 1 is not booting; I can boot my PC from CD with other disc's so for sure is not a BIOS problem
Any sugestions please, thank you

 

Ups, how am I comparing? I

I have the sums but I don't know where to look in the downloaded image

 

Fedora uses sha1 sums instead of md5 sums.
You can find the sha1 sums of the iso images here: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/#download

To find out about the sha1 sum of your downloaded iso image, run

Code:

sha1sum <isofilename>

 

sha1sum

where should I run sha1sum , windows is not recognizing it

 

I have checked the sha1sum for disc1, its fine

I have checked the sha1sum for disc1, its fine
sorry for so many questions
thank you

 

disc 1 still no booting

Please any other ideas?

 

If you're absolutely sure that the checksums are the same, then I'd burn the CD again, and if that still doesn't help, then I'd say that Fedora Core 4 has a problem with your hardware...

 

Check your bios setting to make sure you are booting from cd before any other media such as harddrive. Also, make sure you are placing fedora core 4 disk 1 in the master cd drive. Hope that helps.

If that doesn't work if you can provide spec's of you system I can look into it more.

who made your system - (you, dell, etc)
model number - if not made by yourself
Motherboard - who made it what model number
cd drive -
harddrive type - (ata, sata, SCSI)
raid - none, 0, 5, 1, etc
videocard -
monitor -

 

fedora core 4 disc 1 not booting

I have a fedora 2 install set, I can boot with disc 1
only with fedora 4 I cannot boot

who made your system - (you, dell, etc) - a technical guy
model number - if not made by yourself
Motherboard - who made it what model number
cd drive -
harddrive type - (ata, sata, SCSI)
raid - none, 0, 5, 1, etc
videocard -
monitor -
I have a Celeron(R) CPU 1.7 MGH 1.69 GHz
224 MB RAM
Toshiba CD-Rom XM-6602B and LITE-ON CD_RW sohr 5238s
harddrive type SCSI
RAID none

system manufacturer AWARD_
model AWRDACPI
X86-based PC
x86 Familly 15 Model 1 Stepping 3 Genuintel 1693 MHz
monitor - faltron ez t710BH


Thank you so much

 

I am absolutly sure that check sum is ok; fedora core 2 disc 1 is booting but I cannot install because has errors

 

Did you try to burn the FC4 CD 1 again?
If it still doesn't work, have you thought about using another distribution like Debian, for example?

 

what are the fedora core 2 errors? this could help solve the problem with core 4. Bios updating sometimes fixes problems like this. It is a long shot but worth a try.

Did you run a memory check? It sounds as if you have a hardware conflict or memory errors. From what it sounds like I would bet money on memory errors.
memtest86 is probably one of the best for this. i think it is included on the openSuse, fedora, and ubuntu disks. You can also download it online.

Debian is really nice I am a personal fan of kbuntu myself. oopenSuse 10 is also very good. However, I have not tested in as a server just a desktop. http://www.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
It use to not be free but it is now.

 

I have downloaded again fedora 4 disc1 and burned with Nero and Bur4Free too.
same result
Let's say I am getting Debian, how can I know that it will work for me?
I understand that can be I have a memory problem, that will not bother Debian?

Thank you so much

 

Thank you for helping but:

I checked my memory with memtest86, OK.
I will get Debian discs in 2 days but; I read in install that X win is not in the scope of the guide. Please what does it mean, I will have problems to install X wind on my Linux? (Debian I mean)

Thank you all again

 

debian

so the meaning would be that Debian can be installed as a server and not as a workstation? ( I am a big zero in system, sorry)
Where from am I installing X server?

Thank you

 

Debian not booting

downloaded debian disc1, unziped it, burned, the disc is NOT booting
So looks that I am in real trouble!!!!!!!!!!!