Steve, I was the original poster, not Hans. The machine is a Dell Dimension 4550. Partition magic is not involved. Steve -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Bucci Hey, Hans. I used to be a Dell technician. It sounds to me like that is a Partition Magic problem. Nothing you described sounds like a dell problem. What type of Dell Dennison do you have? Am Donnerstag 11 Dezember 2003 18:45 schrieb Steve Wechsler: > I checked the archives and noted that several people have had this issue > with Dells > > I downloaded Fedora Core 1 and burned to CD, but each time it gets an error > when it tries to start. I get this error: > > error 2 reading header: cpio: Bad magic > > Running anaconda, the Fedora Core system installer - please wait... > exec of anaconda failed: Bad adressinstall exited abnormally > sending termination signals...done > sending kill signals...done > > I tried burning 3 different CDs (2 different brands, including one at 4x) > and they all had exactly the same issue. The machine that the CD was burned > on is itentical to the one I'm trying to install on. I previously have been > able to run installs from Mandrake Linux, so I don't think it's a disc > issue. > > Any ideas? If you have a running Linux system you can install Fedora on the Dell via PXE.
