Installation problem

[James Wilkinson]

jbest at insightbb.com wrote:
> I am having problems installing Fedora.

And, to be honest, sending e-mail. You're not helping us if you don't
put a meaningful subject line in your e-mail.

> I have downloaded the FC2 release and 
> checked the information with md5sum.  Everything checked ok.  During the 
> install I get to the point where a blue screen with Fedora Core appears. The 
> process runs for a minute or 2.  Then the screen fills with garbage characters
> and the process stops.
> 
> I have tried to recreate the cd/validate the checksum.  I have also tried with
> parameters for screen resoultion, noprobe, media check, text based install and
> others.  In all cases, the process fails at the same location. 
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?

What hardware do you have? What motherboard?

Does running memtest86 at the same prompt work?

James.

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