Re: Install bootstrap hangs

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which buttons? I mean... I got that damn blue screen as well, but in
another point... and the problem was with acpi... I don't know whether
that's your case... booting with acpi=off...

norton
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On Tue, 18 May 2004, david wrote:

> I have an older machine, but one that is within the minima in the release
> notes.
>
> I managed to get the installer boostrapped via a diskette boot which turned
> into a CD boot, entered:
>    linux text
>
> The system then displayed
>    Installing the 7aicxxxx
> (not sure what the precise spelling is)
>
> After about 30 minutes of blue screen with the buttons menu on the bottom,
> I get
>
>   Running anaconda, the Fedora Core system installer - please wait ...
>
> which remained on the screen unchanged for about an hour and I simply gave up.
>
> Computer details:
>    Dell Workstation 400 MT
>    Pentium II, 300 mhz
>    40g ATA hard drive
>    floppy, cdrom reader
>    ethernet card
>
> Even though the system cannot bootstrap from CDROM, I used a BootManager
> http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/.
>
> I had similar problems with the FC1 load, but resolved it by using the two
> diskettes (boot and drivers), and loading from the network.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> David Kurn
>
>
>
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