FC4 installation hangs

[Janina Sajka]

Usually, installation via network protocol is local, not remote. In
other words, one would use a local server for nfs, ftp, or http
installation. Fedora is very different from Debian, especially during
installation.

Consult the Speakup Modified Installation HOWTO:

http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html

It will help you even though you're not using the Speakup Modified, and
even though the HOWTO has not yet been updated for FC4. There are not
any significant differences.

If you've burned the four iso images to cd rom, as your message
suggests, install from those.

Osvaldo writes:
> Hi again,
> 
> Corrections:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 11:10:15AM +0200, Osvaldo La Rosa wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm on an old Pentium 200MMX with an old hardware braille dispaly 
> > Tieman Octobraille who reads via its slotcard from a 16-bit old 
> > Trident SVGA8900C video card.
> > 
> > I burned yesterday the 4 fedora Core 4 CDs + the Rescue one,
> > 
> > and I'm trying to boot as follow:
> > 
> > as soon as I hear the CD being booted I enter:
> >  linux text no-scroll video=vga16:off askmethod speakup_synth=dtlk <ENTER>
> > 
> 
> I did tried now with:
>  linux nofb no-scroll text speakup°synth=dtlk <ENTER>
> 
> (with or without askmethod),
> 
> and WAOW! this seem to boot. My Octobraille is OK.
> 
> But I encountered 2 problems:
>  a) if I'd like to install from http or ftp, it asks me for the server etc;
> this is really bad since I install Debians without having to enter such info
> by hand :(
> Isn't there a menu with a list of local ftp / http servers just like under
> Debian?
> What should I enter for example (web server and dir)?
>  b) I do then a (normal) CD inst, and when running the CD test it results in
> a FAIL message; what am I missing? I simply downloaded the 
> FC4-i386-disc1(to4).iso using axel; was it better with wget?
> Or does  cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=x,y,z FC.iso is not good enough?
> 
> BTW I wasn't able to check md5sum since there is only a sha1sum file on the
> download (here belnet.be) server.
> 
> Thanx for further tips/help.
> 
> Aldo.
> 
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