Fedora 13 install

[JD]

  On 10/09/2010 11:23 AM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB RAM.
> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>
> Rod McCown><>
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Can you boot the F13 dvd in rescue mode?
Sure, it will not find an installation, that's OK.
You will get a shell.

 From the shell see if you can use either parted
or fdisk and see if they freeze.
If so, you might have some HD hardware or connector problem.