I downloaded FC2 install discs 1-4 and the rescue CD, burned them, checked the signature of the MD5SUM file, and checked the MD5 sums of the CDs using dd. All OK. But when doing the mediacheck, disc 2 failed. This is probably a manifestation of bug #106685, where I've reported it (it originally affected the 2.4 kernel but also affects the 2.6 kernel). The solution is to turn off CD DMA by starting the installer with "linux cddma=off". When I did this, all 5 discs passed. I don't know if this issue would affect the actual installation since I haven't done it yet. The second problem affects my 5 year old Emachines 333cs. I tried running the installer, but if I try anything to get past the initial screen, it reboots and I'm back where I started. I tried simply hitting enter, then "linux mediacheck", "linux acpi=off apm=off", "linux noprobe". (The machine has a BIOS bug and needs both ACPI and APM disabled with the 2.4 kernel, this is bug #39191.) Is anyone else experiencing this? I'd rather install on the old machine first if possible.
