akeller87 Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 well ive downloaded the three .iso files that i think i need. they are: shrike-i386-disc1 shrike-i386-disc2 shrike-i386-disc3 now how do i convert them to a bootable cd. ive tried burning the first file onto a cd and booting from that but it obviously didnt work. i was trying to make sense of what the red hat site was saying about this md5sum thing, but i dont get it. i was hoping someone can explain and help me get this thing installed. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongit Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 md5sum makes sure they are correctly downloaded. make sure that you are burning the image that the iso is to the disk and not the iso. In otherwords pop it into another computer that is running and check what is on the disk. if it is just an iso file then you burnt it wrong. if it is a bunch of actual files then it was burnt correctly and you might have either the boot settings in bios set wrong, the disk was burnt bad, or the iso downloaded is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter1234 Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 run nero... and choose the option "burn image." for nero 5, that's under the file menu, and for nero 6 it's under recorder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeller87 Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 Well now i got a new problem. I've got it installed... i think. I'm pretty sure I've got everything set up. It will boot to the point where it detects new hardware, but after that it continues on and the screen goes blank and then my moniter says something like "out of scan range." any ideas whats going on or what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 9, 2004 (edited) You have a vert or horiz scan freq invalid or a resolution invalid (too high). Could be you weren't accurate in your settings for video card and monitor. Quick fix: use CTRL+ALT+[num pad plus] and/or CTRL+ALT+[num pad minus] to step through the relolution list. Find one that works, and change your /etc/XF86Config file (or run the appropriate redhat-config- program). [EDIT: Is there a reason you picked RH9 over Fedora Core 1? Just seems like you would have wanted to pick a more current version...] Edited April 9, 2004 by markjensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeller87 Posted April 11, 2004 Author Share Posted April 11, 2004 i dont really know anything at all about linux but i thought i might try it out and see what its all about, and the one id heard most about is RH9 so i downloaded that. i wasnt aware that Fedore Core 1 was newer? would it be worth my time to download and install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Yes, Fedora Core 1 is newer. Fedora Core 2 is out very soon (early May) and it has the new xorg x11 server. It should be quite good :). I'd wait for that to come out instead of downloading FC1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaKeY Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 In the mean time it may be a good learning experience trying to get Redhat up and running. Start with markjensen's advice and see how it goes. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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