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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>I am trying to
install FC2-test1 on a Dell Poweredge 2500 (Uniprocessor, No Raid - IDE
Cdrom/Diskette - SCSI hard drive).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>MD5SUMS on iso and
CD match release</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>If I boot Fedora
install CD and run "linux mediatest", Fedora CD's fail as well as an RH9
install CD.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>If I boot RH9
install CD and run "linux mediatest", both the RH9 and Fedora CD
pass.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>I have installed and
run RH9 on this machine with no problems. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>Fedora installation
fails early in anaconda startup.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>ALT-F4 shows spurios
interrupt 8259a when testing CD's booted from Fedora CD not
RH9.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=152075712-15032004>I've also tried
disabling all peripherals (serial/parallel/USB/diskette) in BIOS with same
results.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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