[fedora-india] Trouble installing Fedora 13

[Ankur Sinha]

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> From: Sriranga(77yrsold) <withblessings at gmail.com>
> To: ankursinha at fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Fedora Freemedia] #4776: H.R..govindarajan from INDIA
> wants a i386 DVD.
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:29:20 +0530
> 
> Dear Ankur,
> 1)after ejected live CD - rebooted and stopped at Grub> In the absence
> of knowledge I did not proceed further
> and inserted winXPCD and rebooted - selected R (recovery mode)  -
> selected no: 1 and enter - it will stop at c:\windows> typed as
> "fixmbr" and rebooted - returned original state inluding ubuntu(which
> had installed in winxP as part of  its software - that feature not
> available in Fedora).
> 
> 2) Now Fedora11 installed recently - wiped out. I am thinking whether
> to re-install or not because many times re-installed more than 6times
> I thought it is not advisable - Now question how to restore the
> partition  portion of fedora  back to FAT 32 or NTFS  and then reserve
> entire hard disk for fedora after backing up of files,.
> 
> 3) In Xandros - It has feature of reovery mode similar to WinXP - as
> well as restore feature to fat 32 which I have experienced - At the
> time of  partition table  - one can view/browse all files of each
> drive and select safely for partition - that feature not available
> either in ubuntu or fedora.
> 
> 4) In ubuntu I had installed 9.04 in WinXP. Using Ubntu live CD 10.04
> I upgraded ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04 easily without fomalities like
> selection of english  password etc.straight away started installed all
> files and rebooted with login dialog smoothly. I had thought similar
> feature existed in Live CD Fedora. Alas! it starts as usual as if it
> is  installing from fresh CD/DVD  passing all formalities like
> partition stage and write stage and started installation.
> Unfortunately same error message now attached was same for the
> previous  failed attempted installation also.
> 
> 5) I wish if the Fedora adopted the user-friendly installation
> features existed in the Xandros would have been nice for benefit of
> users.
>    
> 6) I am thinking whether Fedora14 will have same problem as in the
> case of Fedora13. - I am curious to know why it failed perhaps due to
> boot sector or else. I hope you are in better position to find out
> based on attached bug report generated by LiveCD. I don't how to
> forward the bug report to Fedora team.
> Sorry for lengthy message.
> With Best of Luck,
> -sriranga(77yrsold).
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Sriranga(77yrsold)
> <withblessings at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Dear Ankur, 
>         Today I got speedpost mail containing LiveCD Fedora. Thanks
>         for the same. I run live CD succeessfully. I am typing this
>         email from LiveCD Fedora. When I clicked to intall fedora -
>         it started  and abruptly stopped after writing partition  with
>         message recorded in liveCD - now attached herewith. which I
>         could not understand the problem or how to
>         proceed with.  After ejected Live CD I have to findout
>         whether it will open WinxP  as usual.-
>         
>         With Best Wishes and good Luck,
>         -sriranga(77yrsold)
>         
>         
>         
>         On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Sriranga(77yrsold)
>         <withblessings at gmail.com> wrote:
>                 Dear Ankur,
>                  I am extremely thankful to you for your help. I shall
>                 try it and feedback to you. if succeeded, all credits
>                 should
>                 go to you.
>                 
>                 With Choicest Blessings of Supreme Lord,
>                 -sriranga(77yrsold)
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Ankur Sinha
>                 <sanjay.ankur at gmail.com> wrote:
>                         hi,
>                         
>                         I mailed your LiveCD today. Hope you get it
>                         soon.
>                         
>                         regards,
>                         Ankur
>                         
>                 
>                 
>         
>         
> 

Hi,

Some trouble with Fedora installations. I've never had any trouble on my
system and therefore am not well versed with what may be going wrong. 

regards,
Ankur