Random install hang FC2 on KM266 mobo

[Wayne Stidolph]

David, thanks!

Memtest hung reliably on test #5, so that led me to hardware problems 
(fixed by swapping out the CPU).

Now I need to sort out why X won't start ("no devices found") ... sheesh!

Wayne

David Ash wrote:

> try replacing the cdrom
> also fedora has a memtest on the boot cd
> you could also try the install on another machine and then swap hard 
> drives back.
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> Wayne Stidolph wrote:
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>> I've searched archives, not encountered a fix ... pointers to FAQ/doc 
>> would be appreciated...
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>> I had RG9 running in this box and old motherboard failed. So, I 
>> bought an MSI KM2M Combo-L (KM266 with integrated S3 ProSavage video, 
>> etc) and just fired RH disk back up. Well, it hangs during boot on 
>> "Finding module dependencies ..." so I decided to just upgrading to 
>> FC2, figured that might handle whatever the hardware issues are.
>>
>> Bum the FC2 install hangs. It's always after I have gotten past the 
>> "transferring install image to hard disk" step. Once or twice it hung 
>> in "Preparing RPM transaction", once during "Preparing to install" 
>> (at about 7/8 done) and a couple times while actaully writing 
>> packages to the hard disk (got glibc transferred, hung moving 
>> iproute, that sort of thing). It's random ...
>>
>> I've turned on and off USB legacy support, APIC. I've tried graphical 
>> and text-install. What else?
>>
>> Thanks lots,
>>
>> Wayne
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