Marc Okay I finally got the right copy of FC3 and I able to get my NIC working properly. Thank you SOOOO much. I have a few more questions and I don't want to be a pest so is the bugzilla a thread that I can search through that will be able to help me as well? Thanks again for everything, Mathew On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 00:24 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote: > Marc > > Sorry to hear about your loss. I just sent a email posting before this one > but don't pay attention to it since it is also a test copy of FC3 I will > continue to try mirror sites and see what happens. > > Thanks > > Mathew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:34 PM > To: Mathew S. Nowend > Subject: RE: Can someone please help I have been stuck for days. > > On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 17:53 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote: > > Marc, > > > > I am running FC 3 or at least that is what the iso's are saying that I > > downloaded. I am downloading a new set as I type this and going to > > re-install it. However on my last install it did give me a warning saying > > that the copy I was using was for testing only not for everyday use. Do > you > > know where I can get a definite copy of FC3 iso's? Every time I try > > linuxiso.org I get page not found on all the mirror sites as well as the > > main sites. > > > > Mathew > > Mathew, > > Sorry for the delay in my reply. I just got back from attending a > funeral service this evening. > > The version of the kernel that you are using was indeed part of the FC 3 > test releases, though not part of the final release, which moved to > 2.6.9-1.667. I did not realize that you were using a test release. > > I would certainly urge you to download the final release of FC3, as > there are a lot of fixes incorporated in the final version. Of course, > there have already been fixes released even to the final version. > > In terms of a location to download them, you should consider using one > of the Fedora mirrors. These are listed at: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html > > Pick one of the mirrors that is geographically close to you and download > the ISO images, which will be located in a subdirectory something along > the lines of .../fedora/core/3/i386/iso. > > You may just need to try several mirrors until you get one that responds > reasonably quickly. It is not uncommon for the servers to be busy for at > least a week or so after the initial release as everyone is in a rush to > get the new release. If you click on one and it takes a while to > respond, move on to the next one down the line. Don't wait. If it is > slow to respond initially, it will be even slower to download. > > There will be 4 CD sized ISO images (1 - 4) or one DVD ISO image for > burning using a DVD writer. Be sure to also download the MD5SUM file so > that you can verify the integrity of the files before you burn them. > > I hope that helps. Once you get the final version of FC 3 installed, you > can then use the procedure that I initially posted with the file that I > indicated, which is designed for the 2.6.9 series kernels. > > Best regards, > > Marc > > > > >
