FC2 media check fails on one system
dalen
dalen at czexan.net
Thu Jul 29 18:14:13 UTC 2004
RDD IT wrote:
> Hello --
>
> My first attempt to install FC2 failed during the installation of
> packages, with an error message that a particular package could not be
> found. I rebooted, and tested the installation media -- it failed.
> Stupid me, I should have done that before. Burned a new CD, tested it
> -- failed. Downloaded the ISO again, checked the MD5, burned a new CD,
> tested it -- failed. Hmmm... Pop the CD in another machine, reboot,
> test the media -- PASS! Switched out the CD-ROM drives between the two
> machines, so that the one that had passed the CD was now in my FC2-ToBe
> machine. Boot up, test media -- fail.
>
> So.....apparently FC2 does not like something about my machine's
> hardware..? Have other people experienced similar issues? Are there
> known issues with certain types of hardware -- particular hard drives,
> motherboards, CPUs, etc. that FC2 is not compatible with? I can post
> more detailed specs on the system later if needed (at work now)...
> There is nothing terribly outdated about it, and it all worked fine on
> RH9.0.
>
> Thanks a lot for any help!
RDD,
This is just a guess, but you might try changing the boot arguments
when the system boots off the cd. For example "linux nodma". See
http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/24908.html Responce#2 for
some other options.
Thanks,
Dale
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