Update3: Fedora FC2 Install Failure

[Edward]

John Best wrote:

> Well,
> 
> Asus P4PE 2.6Ghz 512M Ram
> S3Virge PCI 4M Video
> 160 G IDE (2 80 g partitions for windows)
> 40 G IDE for Linux
> NO SATA attachments
> 
> Currently running Windows XP and Redhat 9 off of separate hard disks...
> 
> 
> 
> I ran through the boot sequence again for installation of FC2 off of the cd
> 
> text portion of the boot works fine
> 
> Get to /sbin/loader
> 
> All is well.  Blue screen with Fedora Core displayed.
> 
> Get popup on USB driver install
> Get Popup on Sata_Promise driver install
> 
> Thats it... Hang.  After about 1 minute screen fills with funny characters
> and hard reset required to clear
> 
> I also tried the boot disk recommended for the P4P800 motherboard issue.
> Seems to get to the same spot in the boot sequence before hanging in the
> same way...
> 
> I have also tried several parameters on the boot (probably Including some
> that do not exist  8^)  )
> nofb nousb nosata noprobe
> 
> At this point I would suspect a problem with the SATA driver/subsystem as
> that is the last message/screen I get.. Not sure what comes after that point
> in the normal load sequence.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> John Best

John, I think you may be right in the SATA analysis, but because you 
also suspected the video card before, have you actually tried doing a 
text install? Sorry , if I missed it if you already mentioned you tried it.

Regards,
Ed.