FC6 X.11 New Install Failure

[Jim Cornette]

Jeff G wrote:

As mentioned earlier, a zero byte file is not what to expect from the 
media. You might mount the disc on a working installation and look for 
the rpms that it is stating zero bytes for. If they do not exist or you 
cannot copy or view the contents of the file, it is most likely messed up.

It might be possible to that anaconda is looking for a file by the wrong 
name based on what packages you have installed. I would not know what 
the heck it is looking for on your system. If you are curious and it 
made it up to that point, you migh find information regarding the 
failure in the /root directory in log files. You can type linux rescue 
or mount the partition from another installation.

What I would find simpler would be to type 'linux xdriver=i810' at the 
boot prompt since you have an Intel card that I also have on several 
computers I run Fedora on. This should force the installer to not try to 
use another driver for install. If it still fails you might have a 
problem with your CDROM being shoddy or your burned media not being 
optimum. I believe you would pass 'linux ide=nodma' to force the 
installer to slow down to accommodate shoddy media readers.

Varying your package selection, slowing down the processes for your 
CDROM reader, specifying a known video drier or doing a text install or 
network or from hard drive install are all of the options that I can 
think of right now.

Jim

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