FC3 installation problems, can't see CD/ROM

[Paul Howarth]

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 23:30 -0800, Jack Pines wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2005, at 6:26 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 
> > Am Do, den 03.03.2005 schrieb Jack Pines um 3:18:
> >
> >> I'm a Fedora newbie trying to install.  I've been using unix / bsd /
> >> linux off and on for a few decades, but am just trying Fedora.
> >> Downloaded the .iso files, verified md5sum, burned them to CDs, and
> >> verified the CDs.  When I boot on disc 1, it boots and takes me 
> >> through
> >> a series of questions ending with a choice of where to find the files.
> >> I say on the local CD/ROM and it accesses the CD, but then comes back
> >> telling me that it is unable to find the Fedora Core CD on any of my
> >> drives.  I've tried this multiple times and it is always the same.
> >
> >> -jack pines
> >
> > Often booting into installation with "linux ide=nodma" help in such
> > cases. Maybe it is even enough to switch off DMA for the CD-ROM device
> > with "linux cdnodma".
> >
> > Alexander

> Thanks much, "linux cdnodma" didn't do it, but "linux ide=nodma" did.
> Does this mean I will not be able to use dma on my ide hard drive 
> either?

Not during installation. It'll probably work just fine post-
installation. 

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>