Just a suggestion, but..have you tried creating a boot diskette for the install rather than booting from the cdrom initially? Phil On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 21:45, Steve Wechsler wrote: > 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. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
