Problem installing Fedora Core 2 in ASRock motherboard

[Paulo Pereira]

Paulo Pereira wrote:

> Hi there!
> I have a friend with a pc similar to mine except for the motherboard. 
> I have an ASUS and he has a ASRock K7S8XE.
> I installed Fedora Core 2 DVD version with no problems but my friends 
> installation freezes in the beginning when running /sbin/loader. Since 
> the motherboard is the mais diference I think there's the problem.
> He had problems installing Mandrake also but starting setup as 'linux 
> noapic' he get on going. When he saw my Fedora he wanted it. But even 
> whith 'linux noapic' getting to /sbin/loader freezes the pc.
>
> Details:
> AMD processor, WindowsXP dual boot.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Paulo Pereira
> Portugal
>
As anyone had the same problem?

Paulo Pereira
Portugal