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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Miller</b> <<a href="mailto:nick@pressenter.com">nick@pressenter.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi All,<br><br>I am trying to perform a clean install of FC5 from the DVD ISO but I<br>seem to be having some weird issues. Every time I try to run the
<br>installer (both in text and graphical mode) my system locks up<br>completely. It always happens when the installer is actually installing<br>the RPMs and it is always on different packages. Just wondering if<br>anyone else has experienced this problem. Also tried doing a network
<br>install but the same issue occurs.<br><br>Regards,<br>Nick<br><br>--<br>Nicholas Miller<br>Web Developer / System Admin<br>PressEnter! Internet<br>715-377-0746<br><a href="mailto:nick@pressenter.com">nick@pressenter.com
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<div><br>Hi Nick!</div>
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<div>Ok, I do not have a Thinkpad but I did find this on the web:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.physics.wustl.edu/~alford/thinkpad/T23_FC4.html">http://www.physics.wustl.edu/~alford/thinkpad/T23_FC4.html</a></div>
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<div>His notes on media check and suspend might bear a clue. His notes on earlier versions may hold a clue.</div>
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<div>After that, if I were you I would probably be doing the following:</div>
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<div>1. Try a Ctrl-c during the boot hang to see if you can pop it through.</div>
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<div>2. If the Thinkpad has at least 256M of memory I would boot Knoppix live or Ubuntu live - mount and test the hard drive for space enough and integrity - do an extended mem-test. Take a look at /var/log/dmesg /var/log/messages and other files in /var/log for clues. If less memory try a rescue CD, rescue mode, or maybe Puppy Linux.
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<div>3. Take a good look at the Laptop's cooling (fans coming on - can it breath - is it clean - if you have a utility measure it do - use CMOS to lock in a slower cpu speed).</div>
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<div>Just some thoughts,</div>
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<div>tod</div>