FedoraCore Installation Problem

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Mon Mar 20 20:14:35 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 21:05 +0100, LinUsr wrote:
> Hello All,
> I'm trying to install FedoraCore 4 (WorkStation) from the CDs (just downloaded 4x ISO images for i386 and burned to CDs).   
> The installation starts OK, but it always stalls forever on kernel installation stage [I'm using installer in Graphical mode, and the following message appears on the screen: "Remaining time 15 minutes. Installing kernel 2.6.11-1369_FC4.i686 (39 MB)"]
> The old RedHat 7.2 installs OK to the same machine, therefore it shouldn't be a hardware problem...
> Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks.    
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when it stalls, there should be a big clue in the console...

can you <Control><Alt><F4>  and see if there are errors in the console?

I think it is F4, you can try F3 and F5 just in case I've forgotten (and
I've forgotten lots).

to get back to GUI screen...press <Alt><F7>

Craig




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