Fedora 8 install failure

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Anders Hartman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install Fedora 8 x86_64 on my HP Compaq 8710p laptop.
> The DVD boots fine, I tell the install to do a new install, come to the 
> blue screen that
> loads some drivers and end up at the disk check requester. After the 
> check is done (or skipped),
> /sbin/loader blows me away with a SIGSEGV error and shuts down the system.
> 
> I have also tried to install Ubuntu 7.10 and OpenSUSE 10.3. They install 
> and works flawlessly.
> However, I'm a Fedora guy ;-)
> 
> Any suggestions?

Hi Anders,

Could you try a Re-Spin from Fedora Unity? They have been built using a 
newer kernel and could therefore resolve the problem. I'm not sure that 
it actually does, but it may.

The Re-Spins are available on http://spins.fedoraunity.org/spins using 
Jigdo or Torrent.

-- 
Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
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