I have a Gateway NV53A laptop that has Centos 6.5 installed and performing without a problem. I tried to install the x64 f20 on this machine, but have not been able to get the discs to install.
I checksumed the disc and it passed
I tested the disc with the boot process, and could not figure out if it passed or not, it took a long time and then apparently tried to automatically install, and then died.
I rebooted several times some of which were in 'basic mode' but there was no success.
Any one else having trouble installing f20
Greg Ennis
Subject: f20 - Anyone else having problems installing x64 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 21:54:01 -0600
I have a Gateway NV53A laptop that has Centos 6.5 installed and performing without a problem. I tried to install the x64 f20 on this machine, but have not been able to get the discs to install.
I checksumed the disc and it passed
I tested the disc with the boot process, and could not figure out if it passed or not, it took a long time and then apparently tried to automatically install, and then died.
I rebooted several times some of which were in 'basic mode' but there was no success.
Any one else having trouble installing f20
Greg Ennis ----------------------------------------------------------------------
I think I found the problem. Although the checksum of the DVD was 'PASS' not only by sha256sum, but also by the installation program I think the problem was a mismatch of DVD drives. The first DVD was created on a different laptop, and it failed on the Gateway, but worked on the laptop it had been created on. The Gateway machine still had Centos on it so I created another DVD using it, and had no problems booting and installing F20.
I have never had a mismatch of DVD drives before, so this was unexpected, at least by me.
Greg Ennis
Allegedly, on or about 20 December 2013, Gregory P. Ennis sent:
The first DVD was created on a different laptop, and it failed on the Gateway, but worked on the laptop it had been created on. The Gateway machine still had Centos on it so I created another DVD using it, and had no problems booting and installing F20.
I have never had a mismatch of DVD drives before, so this was unexpected, at least by me.
Cheap blank discs? (Not always very compatible with drives.) Burnt the disc at maximum speed? (Not always the best option.)
On 12/20/2013 11:26 AM, Tim issued this missive:
Allegedly, on or about 20 December 2013, Gregory P. Ennis sent:
The first DVD was created on a different laptop, and it failed on the Gateway, but worked on the laptop it had been created on. The Gateway machine still had Centos on it so I created another DVD using it, and had no problems booting and installing F20.
I have never had a mismatch of DVD drives before, so this was unexpected, at least by me.
Cheap blank discs? (Not always very compatible with drives.) Burnt the disc at maximum speed? (Not always the best option.)
Also check the color of the disk media. Sometimes the color of the media screws up the wavelength of the reflected laser so it doesn't register correctly. We've had problems with that using cheap DVD-Rs (we stick with TDK or HP now). It was a huge problem back in the early days of CD-R media. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@alldigital.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at - - from both sides. --A.M. Greeley - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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