Installation freezes on CD-TEST at the begining

[Caleb Rodriguez]

I had a similar problem with my Sony Vaio. I found that no matter which 
distro I tried to install it would now go all of the way. I just about 
took my laptop apart.

Here is what fixed my problem.  I puchased a can of compressed air and 
cleaned out the vents all around the entire laptop. I then I powered 
back up and believe it or not I got Fedora to install.

Hope this helps I have found out that Linux drives the hardware hardier 
that the other OS.
- cheers

Diego Medina wrote:

> I know both CD sets are ok, because i used them on other machines, and 
> I´ve already tried the text-mode installation, I´ve even tried the 
> <linux noprobe> installation, so I think is some kind of compatibility 
> problem of the FC/RH distribution with my hardware, known that 
> yesterday I tried SUSE 8.2 and it installed without any problem.
> My biggest issue is that in my study/work environment I have much more 
> support for the RH distributions so I would be a lot happier with FC 
> or RH.
> Thanks again
> Diego Medina
>
> */David Liguori <liguorid at albany.edu>/* wrote:
>
>
>     Diego Medina wrote:
>
>     >Hi, I have a HP Notebook(ze4630us) and have the following
>     problem: When
>     >trying to install Fedora Core1 or RH9, my computer freezes when the
>     >CD-Test is about to start, It doesnt even let me press OK or Skip
>     Test, It
>     >shows me the window with the question and freezes completelly, Id
>     like to
>     >know if anyone has had this problem and what whas the solution,
>     if any.
>     >Thanks in advance
>     >
>     >
>
>     Have you tried a text mode installation? Type "linux text" at the
>     boot
>     prompt. (The default is a graphical mode installation). See if it
>     still
>     hangs, at that point. If you have access to another machine you
>     might want
>     to do the media check and verify it's OK, but it sounds like
>     you've tried
>     at least 2 CD sets (FC1 and RH9) already.
>
>
>     David Liguori
>
>
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