Can't boot on Dell dimension

[Scott Pumer]

Hi Steve,

I tried to look for you but I can't hit the unoffical fedora faq but you 
may want to take a look at it.
http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/

There is an issue with some Intel chipset based motherboards (865 and 
875 for sure) and yours has the 845PE chipset which
I believe was one of the problematic chipsets.  The site above will tell 
you what kernel parameters to use at the start
of the installation.

Cheers,
Scott

Steve Wechsler wrote:

>I checked the archives and noted that several people have had this issue
>with Dells
>
>I downloaded Fedora Core 1 and burned to CD, but each time it gets an error
>when it tries to start. I get this error:
>
>error 2 reading header: cpio: Bad magic
>
>Running anaconda, the Fedora Core system installer - please wait...
>exec of anaconda failed: Bad adressinstall exited abnormally
>sending termination signals...done
>sending kill signals...done
>
>I tried burning 3 different CDs (2 different brands, including one at 4x)
>and they all had exactly the same issue. The machine that the CD was burned
>on is itentical to the one I'm trying to install on. I previously have been
>able to run installs from Mandrake Linux, so I don't think it's a disc
>issue.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve
>
>
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