Installing F14 from DVD hangs

Burkhard Plache burkhardplache at gmail.com
Wed Apr 6 10:50:25 UTC 2011


On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 19:29 -0300, Burkhard Plache wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
>> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 15:49 -0300, Burkhard Plache wrote:
>> >> After inserting the DVD, I get the menu:
>> >>
>> >> 1) Install a new system or upgrade an existing system
>> >> 2) Install system with basic video driver
>> >> 3) Rescue installed system
>> >> 4) Boot from local drive
>> >> 5) Memory test
>> >>
>> >> I select option 1, and after a bit of fast output of the type
>> >
>> > Did you test the DVD before installation? The system explicitly offers
>> > to do this. Always do it once for a newly-burned DVD.
>> > poc
>>
>> The disk worked fine on another (older desktop) system.
>> I will post the specifics of the computer where the problem occurred.
>> - Burkhard
>
> So that would be a "no". The fact that it worked on a different system
> is irrelevant unless the other system is identical, because the exact
> set of RPMs to be installed can easily vary from one system to another
> (differnet kernel architecture, different video card, etc.). Murphy's
> Law dictates that your DVD could have a bad spot just where one system
> reads it and the other doesn't.
>
> Run the disk check before looking any further.
>
> poc

Where/how do I run the test? Option (5) in the menu?
- Burkhard


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