Browder, Tom wrote:
I'm having the same problem as Frode Petersen had with FC 6. See May
2007 list thread:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-May/msg00430.html
I was able to install FC 6 OK, but I have had the DVD not recognized
(after a successful boot) in both F7 test 4 and now the real F7. (My
bad that I didn't report it, but I figured surely someone else would
have the same problem.)
As near as I can tell in the thread, no one had a solution except to try
another DVD device or maybe a new mobo.
Frode's last msg had a complicated test he was going to try, but his
first thesis (that I agree with) is that a DVD that boots Ok should be
able to be used for the rest of the installation!
Maybe an update is in order; I should have posted this earlier, but I
gave up the drive and have been waiting (and waiting) ever since for my
new SATA drive to arrive.
I will test those media once again, and hope that media burnt using the
new drive will work. The new drive would be a waste if the problem persists!
That complicated procedure stranded on FC6 install media not having
accessible virtual consoles. Maybe Fedora 7 is different?
The exact sequence of events for me is:
Boot the DVD for a graphical install/upgrade
select:
"English"
"US"
"Local CDROM" # shouldn't that now say CD/DVD? or one selection for
each?
then the response:
Unable to find any devices of the type
needed for this installation type.
Would you like to manually select your
driver or use a driver disk?
It says 'device' instead of 'media', but if the problem I had really was
drivers being swapped for incompatible ones (for my HW), and the
problems are the same, then this would be a confirmation of that
problem. (Hmm...there's somthing about the logic in that sentence...:-)
Frode
