FC2 media check fails on one system

[dalen]

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 There is nothing terribly outdated about it, and it all worked fine on 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