Fedora core 5 install problem

Ian Malone ibmalone at gmail.com
Wed Jun 14 12:57:56 UTC 2006


On 6/14/06, Kaushik Chauhan <chauhan_kaushik at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had windows XP on the first drive and FC5 on the second drive until i had
> problems with my desktop.
> I i re-formated both drives and re-installed windows XP on the first drive
> and tried re-installing FC5 on the second drive
> Process :
> 1. at boot: - pressed enter

If at this stage you type "linux text" then enter does anything different
happen?

Has the hardware been changed since you first did a successful install
of FC5?  It is possible options like noacpi might be needed in that case.

> 2. at check disks - pressed ok and all 5 disk were ok
> 3. at Language - english
> 4. at  keyboard - UK english
> 5. and then a blank screen with 'X' and nothing happens fors hours
>

-- 
imalone




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