problem installing Fedora 8

[Buz Davis]

Rick Stevens wrote:
 >Have you tried looking at the other consoles (ALT-F2, ALT-F3, ALT-F4) to
 >see if there's some specific error when it croaks?

Thanks for the suggestion, Rick.  I was unaware of these.  I have 
checked them and found messages to the effect that the processor is not 
supported.  These actually referenced a processor later than my K6.
I then did some googling and found that apparently the first release of
Fedora 8 did have a problem with AMD processors.  This was apparently 
fixed in what some sites refer to as "respins", but they don't seem to 
be available at this time.

I went ahead and ordered a copy of CentOS and am mainly counting on 
that.  However I also bought an intel-based pentium system at the local 
NearlyNew store thinking that perhaps I could install Fedora 8 on that.
I had to blow away a broken XP system (I now have perhaps the hottest 
MS-DOS box around) and I am getting farther into the install before 
problems crop up, but so far there have been problems.  The CDs pass the
media test, but they always seem to fail somewhere in the install itself 
with "probably invalid media".  Perhaps the CD drive needs cleaning, or 
perhaps the hard disk is flakey - I just haven't had a chance to check 
in any detail.

I haven't totally given up on F 8  but as I said I am waiting for CentOS
(which sounds like the system for me - I want something reasonably 
up-to-date but not necessarily leading-edge).

Is it possible to copy the CD images to another computer on the network
and then start the install from the target machine referencing the 
network as a source for the images ?  I do have a network, but nothing 
fancy (though I think the "new" pentium computer has a cdrw drive).

Man, I hope you don't live anywhere near those brush fires!  I know 
there are lots of folks hurting and I hope you aren't among them!