Problem creating upgrade cd's

[Terry A. Haimann]

I am trying to upgrade my rh 8 box to fc 1. I have d/l the iso images,
but when I write them to the cd and run the install program, the install
program doesn't recognise the cd as fc 1.

When I created the cd, I did the following (from another fc 1 box)

1. Issued the following command:
mount -o loop -t iso9660 yarrow-i386-disc1.iso /mnt/iso
2. From nautilus, I then copied the /mnt/iso directory to burn:///
directory and then burnt the cd.

I ran the install program from a floppy, since I can't get this pc to boot
from the cd. I am upgrading to fc 1, since this system really doesn't
have enough omph to run anything more.

[Lenard]

Post by Terry A. Haimann
I am trying to upgrade my rh 8 box to fc 1. I have d/l the iso
images, but when I write them to the cd and run the install program,
the install program doesn't recognise the cd as fc 1.
When I created the cd, I did the following (from another fc 1 box)
mount -o loop -t iso9660 yarrow-i386-disc1.iso /mnt/iso
2. From nautilus, I then copied the /mnt/iso directory to burn:///
directory and then burnt the cd.

This is why the CD you burned is not bootable. What you should have done
and should do in the future is something like;

cdrecord dev=0,3,0 speed=8 blank=fast -pad -v -eject <ISO_filename_here>

Adjust the dev=XXXX and speed=X to match your hardware configuration and
remove blank=fast if not using a CD-RW as your media. See 'man cdrecord'
without the quotes for the details and additional information.

Post by Terry A. Haimann
I ran the install program from a floppy, since I can't get this pc to boot
from the cd. I am upgrading to fc 1, since this system really doesn't
have enough omph to run anything more.

This does not make sense, if your system is powerful enough for Fedora
Core 1 then it's powerful enough for Fedora Core 2 or 3 as all three
have the same hardware requirements. Fedora Core 2 or 3 should actually
run a bit faster as the 2.6 kernels are faster then the 2.4 kernels.