On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:41:50 -0400 Bob Goodwin - W2BOD <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't know what to do next, describing all the things I've done in > the last three days would fill a small book! > > I have the DVD iso file on the hard drive on this computer along with > the rescue CD iso file. > > I made the rescue DC without a problem, it seems to work normally. > > The install DVD has been an absolute horror. I have tried everything > I can think of and all the things suggested to me on this list to no > avail. I still have an error message "That directory could not be > mounted from the server." > > I have two DVD's my daughter made somehow on her Mac, one a .iso > file, apparently she realized that was not what I wanted and there's > a second disk with the images burnt to it. I have tried various > schemes to use them with an NFS install, no luck. Always that same > error message. > > The DVD should boot the computer I believe? It does not. The rescue > CD does. As did the FC5 DVD I used about a year ago, the F7 DVD > seems to be a dud. > > I have tried booting with the F7 rescue disk and then inserting the > F7 DVD when it asks for the installation "CD," nothing happens, it > just keeps asking for the "CD." > > I'm 76 years old and have trouble seeing the computer screen and I'm > beginning to suspect that I may not live long enough to see F7 > installed here on either of the two computers I've tried it on. I've > installed every version of RH Linux since RH-5.2 though the Fedora > releases and never had a problem like this. > > Do these symptoms mean anything to anyone? I can provide detail when > asked for specifics ... > > > Bob Goodwin > You might have seen this already, but if you haven't it could be helpful. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f7/en_US/sn-installing-from-harddrive.html
