If it’s only 5 years old it should have the ability to install from a network. 
I have a 7 year old laptop and it can install either from dvd/cd, usb, network. It also is running the fedora 30 which is the newest version.

On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, at 10:50, Matthew Gibson wrote:
Does it have the ability to boot from network? Didn't you say that the laptop has an internal DVD/CD drive? Could your install media need to be locked in some way after the burn is complete? Is the ISO too new to work with old hard ware?

These are a few of my thoughts. I'll see if I can find my own drives to burn a disc for you. 

On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 8:57 AM Snyder, Alexander J <alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
> I wasn't able to go to Installfest, we had guests.

> After they left, I went hunting in the garage and found an old DVD-R (USB). I went to Best Buyand got a few blank DVDs. So, it won't read from a 2019 USB-SSD, but it'll boot from a ~2015 USB-DVD drive?

> I can get into the CentOS 7 setup but it fails to verify the media, and refuses to continue. When I skip verify, it still fails by saying the media is not fit for install.

> So now I'm really confused.

> Thanks, 
> Alexander

> Sent from my Galaxy S10+

> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 08:43 Matt Graham <mhgraham@crow202.org> wrote:
>> On 2019-08-03 10:49, Snyder, Alexander J wrote:
>>  > Does anyone have a bootable Linux CD?
>>  > I don't have a burner, or discs. So I'm asking for help!
>>  > Can someone burn CentOS7 minimal for me?
>> 
>>  Did you get a CD from Installfest? If not, I have a DVD+-RW and a CD-R 
>>  blank somewhere around here. Reply with your snail-mail address if you 
>>  still need help.
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