installation help

[Claude Jones]

On Sat April 1 2006 10:38, Ryne Sechrist wrote:
> ok well I have just been having problem after problem trying
> to install fedora....i'm trying to install it on a compaq
> presario, 190 ram, 800 MHZ, amd k6, ati graphics, it has
> windows 98 on it right now but i'm doing a full delete of
> windows and replacing it with fedora 5....well first off i
> downloaded the fives images off the site and burnt them as
> images...i then tried to install them which the first cd
> failed...so i tested all my cds and only disk 2 and 5
> passed...so i redownloaded from another mirror the
> rest....well on the second media check attempt only disk one
> passed....so i redownloaded the others from another
> mirror...well that media check didn't pass either one...so i
> tried again on another mirror and check failed again....so i
> tried another and failed and the last time i tried they failed
> again...well i was wondering "well disk 5 passed before so
> lets see if it passes a second time" and it didn't...so
> basically i got disk 1,2,and 5 to pass and failed 7 times on
> disks 3 and 4, and i retested disk 5 and it failed....so i
> tried to install fedora core 5 anyway....well everythign was
> going fine untill it got to the installation of the first
> disk...i got through 64% on the first disk then all of the
> sudden my screen turned into a bunch of text....well i'm at
> the end of my ropes and i have no idea what to do now....i
> really want fedora but i can't seem to find stable images or
> if my computer is too old or what? any help would be
> great...like i said i really want linux and i have been tring
> everything to get it to run.....any suggestions?   thanks

Given your report, and the age of your machine, my first 
suspicion would fall on the cd-rom in your machine. You could 
try cleaning it, though I've only had success with those cd 
cleaners one or two times 
-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA