problem installing Fedora 8

[Karl Pearson]

On Fri, September 4, 2009 11:14 am, Micros50 wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 09:56 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> Karl Pearson wrote:
>> > On Tue, September 1, 2009 9:30 pm, Buz Davis wrote:
>> >> 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.
>>
>> Uhm, try F9?  Download the LiveCD and try it.
>>
>
> Its probably a good idea to try and run the LiveCd version of almost any
> Fedora version first, in order to see if it plays nicely with your
> hardware. That way you get an idea how it will run on your processor,
> video card, etc. Then just install from the LiveCD and use yum to do the
> updates and/or add on whatever additional packages you require after the
> install.
>

Frankly, I don't trust the live-cd to give a good forecast of how it
will work if installed. I've had some distros run flawlessly after
installation but the live CD had major issues with sound, network,
video, etc. But, if the live CD runs flawlessly, you KNOW the install
will be great. So the live CDs are a good way to go.

HTH,

Karl

> Ciao
>
> John
>
>
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