Have you tried re-burning the iso image, I tried to install suse once using an image supplied on the APC computer magazine, it went badly and failed.
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I found by simply reburning the iso again, I was able to successfully install and run with no problems. (I also used this information at a job interview which helped me get the job).
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I would encourage you to persevere with Fedora, I have been using it since version 5 and while there have been some difficulties over the years, I like it and especially like the people on the forum and community
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around Fedora.