Fedora Installation Problems

[Sushant Vengurlekar]

Hi 
Thanks for your reply.

If I use Live CD/DVD then will I be able to have virtualization set up
using XEN going forward since it seems Live CD/DVD is meant for Desktops
only?

Thanks

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From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kevin J. Cummings
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:26 AM
To: For users of Fedora
Subject: Re: Fedora Installation Problems

Sushant Vengurlekar wrote:
> Hi
> 
>  
> 
> I was trying to install Fedora on my Home PC which has three
partitions 
> on it. One has WinXP on it and other is just a Data partition. The
drive 
> is a SATA Drive. When I reach the step which has the various
partitions 
> option on it the Fedora installer cannot recognize the drive. So I 
> cannot go ahead. Did any one face such a problem? I was trying to 
> install Fedora 8.

Most likely the Fedora installer doesn't recognize your SATA controller.

  You're best bet would be to install from a LIVE CD/DVD and see if that

works (more controllers supported in the boot image there), a Fedora 
Unity Respin of F8 (more up-to-date packages, less updates after 
install), or try the F9 Preview (more up-to-date installer).

> I also tried installing FC8 on another machine which is a Dell
Dimension 
> 5150 which also has a Sata drive on it with 3 partitions one being for

> data and another for WINXP. On this machine the installer hangs after 
> the vmlinuz and the initrd lines on Ready and doesn't go ahead. Tried 
> using the normal installation and text installation option but same
problem.

Again, sounds like the installer is not prepared to recognize your 
particular hardware without extra drivers.  This is all fixable if you 
can get the installer to work.

> Thanks
> 
> Sushant

Good Luck, and Happy Hacking!

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