Fedora 3 hanging before Anaconda launches

Richard Molen rvmolen at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 26 07:19:11 UTC 2005


> --- Jody <koya at otenet.gr> wrote:
> Hello, new linux user here. I am trying to install Fedora 3.0 (DVD
> version) 
> on my system, but every time I do it hangs just before it launches 
> Anaconda. It just sits there doing nothing...can any kind person
> give
> me a 
> hint as to what might be going on?
> 
> AMD 2600+
> A7N8X MB
> LG SuperMulti DVD Burner
> 1Ghz RAM
> Maxtor 120GB HD

FWIW, I've installed FC3 on my a7n8x mb using cd-roms in an internal
ide drive.  Perhaps you need a driver for the burner.  Just where
does it hang?  You might try ALT+CTRL+F2 to ALT+CTRL+F6 to look under
the hood and ALT+CTRL+F7 to return to the GUI screen.

-Richard Molen


		
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