Initializing hardware

[Roger]

If I can figure out why version 11 hangs on initializing hardware I can 
install that version.  If I can figure out what version 12 halts after 
the bootloader I can install that version.  I am really interested in 
getting Fedora installed.


I had identical problem and found that the installation app on the cd 
was seeking the floppy drive via the motherboard bios. It stalled for 
about 15 minutes then reported that it could not locate  a fd0 drive. 
The drive was faulty or disconnected.

I went into bios - (F12) on my system - on boot up before the bios seeks 
the cdrom and set it on 'No Floppy Drive' and set the seek which looks 
for drives to ignore the floppy drive.
The installation went ahead no problems.

Roger