Have you run a MD5 check on the install discs themselves? > Hello All- > > I usually don't join and then immediately post, but these problems with > Fedora are driving me nuts. But I am wonder if anyone here can help. > > The first three are minor problems, then I will get to the big one. > > My System Configuration: > > AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.2ghz > Asus A7V133 (KT133A Chip) Motherboard > 768MB PC133 RAM > ATI All-In-Wonder 7500 > Dell D1226H 19" Monitor > 3Com 3c905x Network Card > Linksys WMP54G "Wireless-G" Network Card > Adaptec AIC-7850 PCI SCSI Card > Promise ATA100 UIDE Controller (on board) > Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Value > VIA USB Controller > Samsung SM-352B 52x CDR/RW + DVD Drive > Aopen 32X CDROM Drive > Microsoft Wheel Optical USB Mouse > Dell "Internet" Keyboard USB > HP OfficeJet K80 (connected via USB) > > (Yes I have no free slots in my computer!) > > Hard Drive Configuration: > > (on-board IDE controller) > > IDE 1:1 --> Samsung CDR/RW/DVD Drive > IDE 1:2 --> Open > IDE 2:1 --> Aopen 32x CDROM Drive > IDE 2:2 --> Open > > (Promise UIDE Controller) > > UIDE 1:1 --> Western Digital 80GB Drive > /dev/hde1 --> <swap> - 1024mb - Swap FS > /dev/hde2 --> /boot - 150mb - Ext3 > /dev/hde3 --> C:\ (Windows XP) - 60GB - NTFS > /dev/hde4 --> / - 16GB - Ext3 > > UIDE 1:2 --> IBM DeathStar erm I mean Desktar - 75GB > /dev/hdf1 --> D:\ - 75GB - NTFS > > UIDE 2:1 --> Maxtor 80GB > /dev/hdg1 --> E:\ - 80GB - NTFS > > UIDE 2:2 --> Open > > Other System Notes: I have "Plug N Play OS" set to "No" in the BIOS. > (helps > with video capturing in Windoze). There is also no way to 'control' the > Promise controller (as you would in the BIOS). It truly is "plug N pray" > and > auto detects my drives as "Ultra DMA 5" > > > Now on to the problems... > > Problem #1 > ---------- > > I cannot use a USB to PS/2 Mouse converter with my Microsoft Wheel Mouse > Optical USB. I can only use it as a USB mouse. This is not a total bad > thing, but I like my USB ports free for other things. > > Problem #2 > ---------- > > Installer does not set the /boot partition as the active parition, instead > it keeps my Windows partition as the active partition. This would not make > grub accessible. Once I was able to change the active paritition to my > /boot > partition, I could get the grub loader screen, and load into Linux and/or > Windows XP. > > Maybe I have not setup a dual boot system in a while, but I could have > swore > that the older redhat installers set the active partition to be the /boot > partition (where applicable). Maybe I am wrong? > > Problem #3 > ---------- > > I get this message when installing.. > > "Unable to align partition properly. This probably means that another > partition tool generated an incorrect partition table, because it didnt > have > the correct BIOS geometry. It is safe to ignore, but ignoring may cause > (fixable) problems with boot loaders." > > I just ignore it because I did at one point get linux to load, and it did > not effect the boot loader. > > > Problem #4 (The big one) > ---------- > > Problem: Installer locks up after I select "Custom", then select "Next" > from > the installer GUI. > > First off, I have to say that I did get it to install at one point because > I > used Text mode. However, even after I got it to install, it locked up on > startup. > > I can replicate this problem over and over again, and it locks up at the > same exact place. I cannot get past this point. > > Things I've Tried: > > 1. Installing via text mode. Which works, but now locks up on startup > 2. I've checked the CDs for errors, No problems using Media Check > 3. Ram a Memtest86. Ran this overnight, no issues > 4. Manually resized the hard drive with kernel params. Did not help (nor > did > not remove that error message) > 5. Turned off Power Management in BIOS. Did not help. > 6. Passed noapic noalcpic arguments to kernel. Did not help. > 7. Thought maybe it was a heating issue. Took off covers, left it off > overnight and tried again. No Workie. > > If it means anything, I can replicate a similar problem when trying to > load > Mandrake 10.0. But I've never had a problem with Windows XP, but then > again > it *IS* Windows :) > > Any help on these problems (particually #4) is greatly appreciated. > > TIA > > -- Kris > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Vince Di Nenna www.comworks.us 610-513-2923
