Installing Fedora

[dabaerman]

I am having some issues installing Fedora10 from LiveCD as well as the DVD. I get error message 'not enough disc space for /boot' and I have a blank 60gig hdd. another error about formatting and not finding the partition.
should I re-burn the ISO with NERO? I used Infra Recorder and it wasn't on the list of burning suggested software.

Ron

[ThunderRd]

Does that message occur before or after the partitioning routine? If it is after, how did you instruct the partitioner to setup the /boot partition, or did you use some kind of automatic scheme?

If you used an auto scheme, you could try to partition the drive manually, something like this [adjust if you like]:

/boot ext 3 100-200MB
LVM volume ext 3 all remaining space

Ubuntu doesn't use LVM so others here know more than I do, but I would guess that you want to have partitions approximately like this, within the LVM volume:

/ ext3 5GB
/var ext3 5GB
/usr ext3 10-12GB
/home ext3 all remaining space

As for the burning, did you check the MD5 hash to make sure that the file you downloaded is good? [I don't think the burner should matter. Just burn it slowly.]

[dabaerman]

TR, it occurs before the partitioning scheme, telling me that no partitions are available and/or not enough disc space to create /boot. then there is the part about auto that gives the same message/s. it lacks clear direction on the procedure. I'll give it another go. it was late and I've been thrashing on other problems. have to get into the Linux frame of mind.

Ron

[ccperf721p]

I did all of my partitioning work from another install, but I seem to remember the Fedora installer defaulting to "use all free space and create default layout" as the default option in the drop down menu. Might try using the "use entire drive" or similar option.

[ThunderRd]

I forgot to mention the swap. If you set the partitions manually, don't forget to make a swap partition of maybe 1.5-2 GB or so, assuming you have at least 2 GB of hard memory.

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by ccperf721p

I did all of my partitioning work from another install, but I seem to remember the Fedora installer defaulting to "use all free space and create default layout" as the default option in the drop down menu. Might try using the "use entire drive" or similar option.

Yep, it does. It defaults to trying not to mess with an existing OS installation.

[Daniel ~]

I've gotten past install problems two ways in the past ( or I didn't get to install at all!)

1. Reformat your drive in NTFS...I have no idea why this would work...just that at times it has....

2. I had a lot of troubles that were for some reason made to go away by using a USB DVD drive rather than my IDE DVD drive.

I'm sure a "real" solution ( as opposed to one of mine!) will present itself soon! ":O}

[dabaerman]

Originally Posted by ThunderRd

Does that message occur before or after the partitioning routine? If it is after, how did you instruct the partitioner to setup the /boot partition, or did you use some kind of automatic scheme?

If you used an auto scheme, you could try to partition the drive manually, something like this [adjust if you like]:

/boot ext 3 100-200MB
LVM volume ext 3 all remaining space

Ubuntu doesn't use LVM so others here know more than I do, but I would guess that you want to have partitions approximately like this, within the LVM volume:

/ ext3 5GB
/var ext3 5GB
/usr ext3 10-12GB
/home ext3 all remaining space

As for the burning, did you check the MD5 hash to make sure that the file you downloaded is good? [I don't think the burner should matter. Just burn it slowly.]

looks like it wants to cooperate with the drive formatted NTFS. have to boot from the Live CD then open the DVD and find the installer package. the install has started now it wants to know the # of cylinders, start and end.

mount point /
file system ext3
drive sda
size (mb) 7
start cylinder 7476
end cylinder 7476

should it be starting a 1 and ending at 7476? if I get this part figured out, the rest should be easier. I can always ask Dan~.

Ron

[ccperf721p]

Are there any other drives in the system? If you formatted the entire drive with NTFS and then used the "use free space" default option all you would be able to use is the 8MB windows leaves behind, which is what you have. Use the drop down menu and select use entire drive option.

I booted the F10 DVD and all of the options are in place and working correctly for me.

[Kaitain]

Easiest is to use Windows to delete the partition altogether and give Fedora a completely blank drive to work with.

You can delete the partitions with the Fedora installer, or partition it any way you like, but if you're at all nervous, best to stick with the tools that you know.

For a colleague of mine interested in Linux, I just donated an 8GB usb memory keyring with a persistent Ubuntu installation for him to play with until he became familiar/comfortable enough to commit to a permanent installation.

[Daniel ~]

Ron...are you installing from desktop? For all I know that's the preferred install....but I've always booted to an install disk, accepted all defaults and told Fedora to use the entire drive. Seemed the easiest install and that was just what I was looking for! ":O}

[Daniel ~]

Originally Posted by Kaitain

Easiest is to use Windows to delete the partition altogether and give Fedora a completely blank drive to work with.

You can delete the partitions with the Fedora installer, or partition it any way you like, but if you're at all nervous, best to stick with the tools that you know.

For a colleague of mine interested in Linux, I just donated an 8GB usb memory keyring with a persistent Ubuntu installation for him to play with until he became familiar/comfortable enough to commit to a permanent installation.

Hi K! I hope your doing very well!?

I have two 320 gigs Samsung and one 250 Seagate. I gave Fedora to each of them ...each was rejected, seen, but wouldn't install. ( Sorry been a while I forget the exact circumstance) They were unpartitioned blanks. I formatted to NTFS and BANG...no more problem...Seems... has ALWAYS seemed weird to me! Which is why I hesitate to give people advice!! LOL

[dabaerman]

Originally Posted by ccperf721p

Are there any other drives in the system? If you formatted the entire drive with NTFS and then used the "use free space" default option all you would be able to use is the 8MB windows leaves behind, which is what you have. Use the drop down menu and select use entire drive option.

I booted the F10 DVD and all of the options are in place and working correctly for me.

I don't have the entire drive option. I do have the add partition dropdown menu to manually add the desired partitions.

how much space should I make for /(root)?

Originally Posted by Daniel ~

Ron...are you installing from desktop? For all I know that's the preferred install....but I've always booted to an install disk, accepted all defaults and told Fedora to use the entire drive. Seemed the easiest install and that was just what I was looking for! ":O}

Dan~, not able to boot from LiveDVD. I boot from LiveCD, navagate to desktop, open liveinst.desktop. so yes I am installing from the desktop.

Ron

[dabaerman]

Originally Posted by ThunderRd

Does that message occur before or after the partitioning routine? If it is after, how did you instruct the partitioner to setup the /boot partition, or did you use some kind of automatic scheme?

If you used an auto scheme, you could try to partition the drive manually, something like this [adjust if you like]:

/boot ext 3 100-200MB
LVM volume ext 3 all remaining space

Ubuntu doesn't use LVM so others here know more than I do, but I would guess that you want to have partitions approximately like this, within the LVM volume:

/ ext3 5GB
/var ext3 5GB
/usr ext3 10-12GB
/home ext3 all remaining space

As for the burning, did you check the MD5 hash to make sure that the file you downloaded is good? [I don't think the burner should matter. Just burn it slowly.]

disc ok. kinda confused. /boot 100-200 mb LVM the rest or manually make /var, /usr /home, /(root) and swap??
Ron

Originally Posted by ccperf721p

Are there any other drives in the system? If you formatted the entire drive with NTFS and then used the "use free space" default option all you would be able to use is the 8MB windows leaves behind, which is what you have. Use the drop down menu and select use entire drive option.

I booted the F10 DVD and all of the options are in place and working correctly for me.

one drive, Maxtor 60G IDE. so far so good tho.

Ron

[dabaerman]

so, now I get 'an unhanded error' message. so no joy @install.

Ron

[Kaitain]

Originally Posted by Daniel ~

Hi K! I hope your doing very well!?

After Al-Jubail, Nanjing feels like Siberia. Still, nice to see the family again.

Originally Posted by Daniel ~

I have two 320 gigs Samsung and one 250 Seagate. I gave Fedora to each of them ...each was rejected, seen, but wouldn't install. ( Sorry been a while I forget the exact circumstance) They were unpartitioned blanks. I formatted to NTFS and BANG...no more problem...Seems... has ALWAYS seemed weird to me! Which is why I hesitate to give people advice!! LOL

That does seem rather odd, and strikes me as an oddity in Fedora from which SuSE and Mandriva don't (or at least didn't) suffer.

That said, I've used only Gentoo for so long now I forget how awkward package-based distros are.

[dabaerman]

now formatting the selected partitions, ie: /, /boot, /home and swap. adding bootloader and copying image to disk. looking GOOD.

Ron

install complete. now I want to install FireFox. in Winders it goes in Program Files. where do you put the 'Program' type files in Fedora??

[dabaerman]

Greetings from Fedora10. I am exploring the WWW and otherwise just looking around a bit.

system specs:
MSI KM4M MATX
AMD 1800+
Radeon 7500
Samsung IDE CD-RW
Samsung IDE DVDROM
Maxtor 60 GB IDE HDD
3-Com Nic
Allied Case w/250W PSU

it will be used mostly for email and browsing the web. when I like it better, I'll spread it around.

Ron

[Daniel ~]

Here's a newbie tip! Before running all over hell's half acre looking for applications... Look in "Add and remove programs". Be sure you get the app that is bit appropriate! ( 32bit/64bit) there is almost always one of each. Glad for the company Bear man!

How do you like Free Fedora so far?

[dabaerman]

I'm likeing KDE better than Gnome so far. the current setup is a bit slow to me. that's no big deal yet, I'm still messing about. will look in 'add/remove' a little later. I have a box to build for delivery tomorrow.

Ron