Am Sa, den 03.04.2004 schrieb Alexander Dalloz um 21:13: > Am Sa, den 03.04.2004 schrieb Jeffrey Briggs um 07:20: > > > I am very new to Linux and am installing Fedora Core > > on a Dell dual-processor that used to have Windows XP > > on it...forgive me if this is the wrong group to query > > on this. > > > > The installation seems to go smoothly until the reboot > > sequence. After rebooting, the Anaconda installer > > fires up ok and it starts its routines. It gets to the > > part where it says it is "initializing firewire > > controller", it gives an [OK] and then it freezes > > everytime...I don't know what is causing it to freeze > > because it never displays any information for me. > > > > Does anyone know how I can begin to troubleshoot this > > installation? > > As far as I remember someone posted here on the list a boot parameter to > use. Please just search the archive. > > Alexander > Did you mean this one, Alexander? http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/#AlanCox Also Jeffrey might try Alexandre Olivas firewire patch http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/snapshots/FC1-firewire/ How to install see: http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/snapshots/FC1-firewire/0README Christoph