Fedora 3 (iso discs 2 and 3)

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 01:14:49PM -0700, script wrote:
> I have now twice downloaded and burned the iso's for
> discs 2 and 3 of fedora core 3 and am unable to
> install
> because disc 2 (for starters) is unverifyable because
> it is missing the md5sum (how is this possible?  i did
> a check on the iso and the cdrecord didn't give me any
> hassle when i burned the iso) and disc 3 get's 99%
> through the media check then fails. 
> 
> Both do fine on a dummy cdrecord and appear fine on a
> regular cdrecord.   
> 
> I'm using redhat 9 on a dell to download and burn the
> iso's.
> 
> I'm installing on a IBM Thinkpad G40.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!!
I have had that behavior with one type of hardware. Curing the problem
may involve turning off dma.
Here is where my memory is fuzzy. I think the option when installing
and maybe also with mediacheck is: ide=nodma

If I have gotten the form of the option wrong someone will point that
out I am sure.
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