F8 resists to be installed

[Paul Smith]

On Dec 1, 2007 2:49 AM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > I am trying to install F8 in a 500GB hard disk, but when transferring
> > > > > the installation packages to the disk, during the installation, no
> > > > > package is transferred and therefore the installation process does not
> > > > > proceed. Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Let me add that my disk is a SATA one and that I used it, with no
> > > > problem, before having tried to install F8 in it.
> > >
> > > Paul, we are not mind readers. Is this a blank unformatted drive or
> > > does it already have stuff on it? If so, what?
> >
> > Thanks, Kam. Yes, it is a blank unformatted drive.
>
> Did you delete all partitions before installing F8 or did you use
> Anaconda to format the drive? If the later try using GParted (Knopix
> or other live-CD) to clean and/or partition your drive.

Thanks, Kam. I was not able to install F8 with the DVD. I suspect that
it was corrupted. Afterwards, I used the Live CD and I installed F8
successfully.

Paul