Fedora CORE 1 gets stuck on DISK 3 (hangs on =?iso-8859-1?q?installing=09ypserv-2=2E8=2E3?=)

[Ernest L. Williams Jr.]

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 23:43, Elton Woo wrote:
> On November 11, 2003 11:32 pm, Ernest L. Williams Jr. "Ernest L. Williams Jr." 
> <ernesto at ornl.gov> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > After burning new CDs of Fedora CORE 1 at speed=4;  upgrades from RH 9.0
> > and Fedora beta 3 went well.
> >
> > However, I tried a fresh install on both a DELL Precision workstation
> > and a DELL laptop with no success.  Both failed on ISO DISK 3 when
> > trying to install "ypserv-2.8.3"
> 
> ... just wondering: after downloading the ISO images, did you verify them
> against the md5sums? If they checked out OK, and the burn was successful, 
> did you check the *media* during install? As redundant as this step might
> seem to you, it just might save you a lot of unnecessary aggravation.
I will be honest. I did choose to skip the MEDIA check.



> 
> IMVHO, if either the md5sums or the media check failed, you would be
> wise to NOT try installing ... until *both* were successful.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Elton ;-)
-- 
Ernest L. Williams Jr. <ernesto at ornl.gov>