Problem installing on Dell Gx150

[Steve Blackwell]

On 2003.11.21 09:29 Johan Dahl wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to install Fedora Core 1 on a Dell GX150 desktop computer.  
> But then Anaconda tries to start I get the following error:
> 
> error 2 reading header: cpio: Bad magic
> error 2 reading header: cpio: Bad magic
> error 2 reading header: cpio: Bad magic
> 
> Lower on the screen I get the following
> 
> 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
> 
> some more text about shutting down and then finally
> 
> you may safely reboot your system...
> 
> AND yes I have tested the media and I have used it to install on another 
> computer.
> 
> Anyone else having these problems????
> 
> 	Johan Dahl
> --

Hi Johan,

I got exactly the same anaconda error when I tried to install on a Dell 
OptiFlex GX260 but I didn't get the cpio error.
I had checked the MD5sum of the iso images and done a media check.

Now for the "solution". I had been busy at work, so after the install 
failed, I didn't do anything for about 2 days. I was going to try the CDs 
that I had made on a different computer but then decided to give it one 
one atttempt on the Dell. It worked.

Nothing had changed. I didn't even take the CD out of the drive. I guess 
these Dell computers need a little time to get used to running a new OS 
Steve Blackwell.


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