FC4 installation problem

[Mike McCarty]

Cokey wrote:
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 
>> Cokey wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> I've tried various install parameters (nofb and the like) in various
>>> combinations but haven't
>>> gotten anywhere.  I've Google'd and looked in Bugzilla but found
>>> nothing.  Doesn't mean there's
>>> nothing there, just that I haven't found it.  Any/all suggestions
>>> welcomed.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> A very non-expert suggestion -
>> but you could try installing from the hard disk.
>>
>> (Could it be that FC4 does not like your CD drive?
>> It wasn't clear to me if the problem occurred when the CD check was 
>> being run, or if you were skipping it.)
>>
>>  
>>
> Don't think that's the problem.  OS is booted from the CD by this point 
> and I believe
> the CD is mounted.  Also, while I haven't actually installed it, Suise 
> 9.1 boots into it's installation
> GUI after loading all drivers which wouldn't happen if there was a 
> problem with the drive.

I'm not sure the suggestion was that there was something wrong with
the *drive* ...

Have you tried the standard acpi=off etc. changes to the boot?

Mike
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