FC4 Installation problem

[Scott N. Blackman]

akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 12:39:30PM +1000, Scott N. Blackman wrote:
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>>Hi All,
>>
>>I am attempting to install FC4 on a new machine which just has WindowsXP 
>>on it (I want to dual boot).  However, I don't get very far at all.  The 
>>DVD disk boots up and gives the usual questions,  but no FC.  At which I 
>>hit enter for graphical installation. It loads the one file and then 
>>initrd.img............. and then it reboots. I tried "linux noprobe" and 
>>"linux text" but with the exact same results. The disks are good as they 
>>have been used on different machines.  When I use "linux garbage" first, 
>>then "linux" or "linux text". I get a bit further then
>>
>>IRQ11: nobody cared ...
>>...
>>...
>>...
>>Disabling IRQ11
>>
>>Then system hangs.
>>
>>
>>My configuration:
>>ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe
>>2GB DDRII 533
>>Intel P4-531 3.0GHz PRESCOTT9(LGA775) processor
>>2 x 200GB (JB) WD S-ATA Hard drive
>>ATI Radeon X700 pro pci-express video
>>19" LG 1950SSN LCD monitor
>>LG GSA-4163B DVD+/-/RAM DUAL LAYER slave
>>PIONEER DVR-110 DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER master
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
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>I have only one idea and it may not be correct. When putting Linux on
>a machine with a SATA drive I found I had to change the SATA drive
>configuration in the BIOS. I can't remember which option I chose but
>it would be easy to try a different option for SATA (my BIOS had
>three) and see what happens.
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The system ether has same problem or will not boot at all.  Depending 
BIOS settings

Scott