FC1 Hanging on install

M.Hockings veeshooter at hockings.net
Mon Dec 15 21:17:32 UTC 2003


Harry Moyes wrote:

>On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 19:03, M.Hockings wrote:
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>>I'm trying to install FC1 but it is hanging just after the CD check 
>>screen.  I have tried both noprobe and skipddc install options as well 
>>as removing the lan card but no action has yet caused any joy.  Is there 
>>something else I can try?
>>
>>This is using a Mercury 1GigaPro board and an old 6G hard drive.  The CD 
>>and CD reader have been used successfully in other FC1 installs.
>>
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>On my main system here I cannot boot the install kernel, so can't
>upgrade to FD1 on this system in place.
>
>Total silence from the list when I asked if anybody wanted to
>help to find out why.
>
>Moved the disc to an older system and ran the upgrade there
>(using the same CD's etc)
>
>The single cpu kernel on the initial FD1 discs won't boot on the new
>hardware, but the SMP kernel runs like a champ.
>
>So there is at least some hardware out there that the Fedora, (and
>previous install kernels) won't hack.
>
>Harry Moyes 
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Well, at least I'm not alone at this.  I have found that RH8 installer 
runs just fine.  It's still not apparent to me why FC1 is stopping, 
there are no errors issued (that I can see).

Mike





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