Fedora Core 3 Installation Bug --------- Help!!!!!!!!

[Rachel Leong]

Hi Everyone,

I decided to install Fedora Core 3 in my Windows XP machine. I'veI burned 
the 4 CDs, boot from the first CD, pass the media check, and coudn't 
continue my installation because of an exception. I've attached to this mail 
the code that it asks me to save in a floppy.

Before the exception, I also went through quite a few pop up windows titled 
'Bug".  The first one pops up in the second screen where it asks me for my 
language.  It says that some kind of assertion fails.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Linda

[James Kosin]

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Linda Leong wrote:

| Hi Everyone,
|
| I decided to install Fedora Core 3 in my Windows XP machine. I'veI
| burned the 4 CDs, boot from the first CD, pass the media check, and
| coudn't continue my installation because of an exception. I've
| attached to this mail the code that it asks me to save in a floppy.
|
| Before the exception, I also went through quite a few pop up windows
| titled 'Bug".  The first one pops up in the second screen where it
| asks me for my language.  It says that some kind of assertion fails.
|
| Thanks in advance for any help.
|
| Linda
|
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Linda,

Try running the installer with the nodma option...
Other things:
~    (1)  What type of hardware do you have installed?  Motherboard,
Video, HD, etc.
~    (2)  Be sure you are not using the i386 download for the 64-bit
CPU or visa-versa.
~    (3)  Did you check the MD5SUMs of the ISO images?

Without more information than the dump.  Us normal people find it
difficult to help more than just general issues.

James

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[Jorge Fábregas]

On Thursday 16 December 2004 5:40 am, Linda Leong wrote:
>  Before the exception, I also went through quite a few pop up windows
> titled
>  'Bug".  The first one pops up in the second screen where it asks me for my
>  language.  It says that some kind of assertion fails. 
Ohh the not so famous assertion error during installation. You're one of the 
lucky .05% who encounter this problem. It happened to me also. It's on 
bugzilla. There you will find the answer to fix it (see my comment there):

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=138419

Jorge