install fedora workstation failed

[Craig Thomas]

On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 12:14 -0800, Sean Shen wrote:
> 1. There are packages "corrupted or the CD drive cannot read it".
> This is the error message.  I have two set of the install CDs, one
> from the Red Hat website, one from one of the mirror sites.  All the
> CDs passed the test.  When some of the packages failed to open,
> sometimes the installation will go around and continue, sometime it
> stuck there.  It's almost impossible that both of the install CD have
> corrupted packages.
> 2. When the installation crippled to only 20 minutes left with the 2nd
> CD in the drive, the installation halt.  No keyboard and mouse respose
> anymore.

You could try using linux ide=nodma at the prompt before install begins.
This will turn off DMA.

-- 
Craig Thomas <cjtinhp at optonline.net>