I can set all options except the software source??
Downloaded the alternative iso and burnt to a cd.
On the Installation Summary screen, I have been able to through all options but not the Software/Installation Source. And because of this issue, cannot proceed to Software Selection.
Anyway, in the Installation Source, I select Auto-detect installation media, the cd rom is still in the bay, and I press Verify button and I get the
This media is good to install from.
But I still get the “Failed to setup up installation sources, check the configurations” message.
What can I do with this Auto-detect to make this proceed?
Network installation requires downloading the metadata and building the package index which may take a while depending on your connection speed and overall system performance.
I guess there is a network install option. But the option I saw was downloading the 700MB version of Fedora which I did. Burnt to a cd rom and now trying to install F39 from this “alt” fedora iso which seems to be buggy.
This looks like a netinstall image that requires Internet connectivity, but you seem to have some network or driver problem, so consider using other images that are designed for offline installation.
It would have been helpful to specify the exact file name of the downloaded iso file. But with 700 megabyte this can only be the Network Install iso, which means that none of the packages you want to install are on the CD. I would expect that the default choice would be Network from closest mirror. The name of the network iso is Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-1.5.iso.
If your computer don’t have good network connection, you would be better of with the Workstation iso or one of the spins of your choice.
Not true. I have setup my wlan credentials on the Network tab and installer shows network is connected and has an IP address.
I enter the mirror site for fedora and it downloads rpms and software.
Installs the software (i think).
It did mention that it was installing the boot drive also.
It eventually reboots to the hard drive just to yet another issue and error.
A grub error! shown in attachment.
Network was setup to my wlan and logged in. It will be a pain to try to select all the packages I had before, but I dont mind trying. No choice now anyway.
I was able to enter closest mirror. It started downloading and installing all the packages including the /boot drive.
However, after an hour or so of downloading and installing packages, it just reboots to a grub error. Screen shot of grub error (which really wont mean much but included anyway) in same thread.
This is dual boot machine. Windows has always been on sda and fedora has always been on sda2.
Screenshots From the grub prompt and followed by the partitions of the two disks BEFORE this fedora 39 full install instead of an upgrade.
I had selected Auto partitions for this full F39 install although I think i’d like to setup around 50+G for the root partition and the rest for the /home partition.
I was really hoping to avoid that since I was hoping to keep my /home partition and avoid re-compiling many libraries.
But yes, seems like this install from the “alt” iso is problematic. Dont have a choice now. I will have to do a fresh install from the full fledged F39 iso.
So I have given up on this “Alt” iso install method as this seems to be buggy.
Finally installed but killed my grub and boot setup where disk 1 had windows and disk2 had fedora. For many years of daily use.
I will have to completely delete both drives and re-install Fedora first. Windows might be lost…damn shame.
