anaconda: cannot execute binary file

[James Wilkinson]

Jackson Pauls wrote:
> i'm trying to install fedora core 3. when anaconda tries to load i get
> the following error message:
> 
> /usr/bin/anaconda: cannot execute binary file
> install exited abnormally
> 
> the system then unmounts all filesystems and says i can reboot. the same
> problem happens with 2 different motherboards.
> 
> any thoughts on what i should look at next?

RAM? (Use memtest86 at the very first prompt when you boot the CD)

CD image? Does it pass the media test? (You may need to put ide=nodma
into that first prompt to get it to pass the media test.)

Hope this helps,

James.

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