FC3 installation problems, can't see CD/ROM

Jack Pines jack at pines.com
Thu Mar 3 07:30:13 UTC 2005


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
>
>
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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?

-jack




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