> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Stevens > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:46 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Problems with medium check for FC2 despiteof > properchecksum!HELP > > > Why don't you install using the drive that passed the media check? Because I have too many machines I want to install this one to take the drive and open all the boxes to plug it in and install off of it. > Have you changed blank media vendors? Some drives may have trouble > reading different color media (older drives will have trouble reading > darker media due to the wavelength of the laser used in the drive). No, same big spindle that never had problems before > > > Is there some other option besides the "ide=nodma" that > might help fixing > > this problem and passing the check. I have done this so > often before and > > never had a problem! Are these machines going crazy??? (OK, stupid > > question...) > > If it's an SMP machine, you might try "noapic". Also keep in > mind that > this is a 2.6 kernel, which is radically different from a 2.4 kernel. > Also do a memcheck--you'd be surprised what you might find. Well, the machines are not running any OS, so I can not run anything at the moment. The same machines have installed the FC1 disks without problems...
