fc3 T3 spins after "Checking for previous fedora installations"

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Hi Prarit,

Is there anything that I can do to help?  I'm reletively ignorant as far as Linux programming is concerned but I've been using Linux for a few years and I'm a programmer.  I know C well and I know Python somewhat.  

Pat.

Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> Chris Lumens wrote:
> >> I don't remember the exact phrasing but the fc3 t3 install hangs after I see 
> the "Checking for previous fedora installations."  In the lower right hand 
> corner of my screen the pointer sits with the blue dots spinning around it.  
> >>
> >> I have mouse control.  I tested the media.  This also occurred w/ fc3 t2.  
> >>
> >> The last thing I installed was some version of SUSE.  It's installed on hda2, 
> and fc5 is installed on hda3.  I wonder if the SUSE install changed something to 
> screw up this install.
> >>     
> >
> >   
> 
> This looks ALOT like the squashfs memory corruption issue.  He may not 
> be able to get around it ...
> 
> See 204638 and 206472 ...
> 
> FYI,
> 
> P.
> > Press ctrl-alt-f4.  Does it look like a kernel panic?  We've seen things
> > like this before where there's kernel troubles when reading the reiserfs
> > filesystem.
> >
> > - Chris
> >
> >   
> 
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