special install situation

[Phil Schaffner]

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 17:22 -0500, Bruce wrote:
> I am trying to install FC2 on a box that now has win95. The cdrom
> install gets as far as "running /sbin/loader" where it pauses for a
> while then prints "Call Trace" and a bunch of memory addresses with
> names suggesting that it can't get the cdrom started again and then it
> kernel panics with message:
> 
> "fatal exception in interrupt in interrupt handler. no syncing"

Have you verified the media?  Have you tried "ide=nodma"?
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showpost.php?p=2541&postcount=4

> I've tried using the boot manager referred to on the fedora FAQ page
> but the documentation is poor and I couldn't manage to make a boot
> floppy from it.
> 
> I also have an FC2 box and both have nics but I haven't found any
> instructions how to install over a network.

A google on "fc3 network install" turns up lots of relevant links.  Here
are a couple:

http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-adv/network-install.htm
http://www.mae.virginia.edu/linuxboot/

A search of the list archives will also yield many hints.

Phil