Can't install FC7 from DVD

[John Austin]

On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 16:48 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I tried to install FC7 from DVD but it stopped just after loading initrd.img
> >with the message 'Ready!'.
> >This also happens in text mode.
> >
> >I already used this DVD to install FC7 successfully on another PC.
> >
> >Any ideas about this?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Manuel Monteiro
> 
> I'm having the identical problem but with the live CD or a boot CD 
> created from the boot.iso file from the DVD.  If you find a solution 
> that works I would really like to hear about it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Knute Johnson
> Molon Labe...
> 
Hi

Have you tried putting the diskboot.img on a USB stick ?

mount -o loop F-7-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/zip
cd /mnt/zip/images
dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sdxxxx

On my machine I had to do the above and
Select boot from USB Zip on the Asus board!!
Boot up past the problem and then insert the DVD


John