Random install hang FC2 on KM266 mobo

[David Ash]

try replacing the cdrom
also fedora has a memtest on the boot cd
you could also try the install on another machine and then swap hard 
drives back.

Wayne Stidolph wrote:
> I've searched archives, not encountered a fix ... pointers to FAQ/doc 
> would be appreciated...
> 
> I had RG9 running in this box and old motherboard failed. So, I bought 
> an MSI KM2M Combo-L (KM266 with integrated S3 ProSavage video, etc) and 
> just fired RH disk back up. Well, it hangs during boot on "Finding 
> module dependencies ..." so I decided to just upgrading to FC2, figured 
> that might handle whatever the hardware issues are.
> 
> Bum the FC2 install hangs. It's always after I have gotten past the 
> "transferring install image to hard disk" step. Once or twice it hung in 
> "Preparing RPM transaction", once during "Preparing to install" (at 
> about 7/8 done) and a couple times while actaully writing packages to 
> the hard disk (got glibc transferred, hung moving iproute, that sort of 
> thing). It's random ...
> 
> I've turned on and off USB legacy support, APIC. I've tried graphical 
> and text-install. What else?
> 
> Thanks lots,
> 
> Wayne
> 
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