I did try the text install option... No Change... I do not think it is even getting that far... Do you know of a way to turn off the SATA driver?? > > > John Best wrote: > > > Well, > > > > Asus P4PE 2.6Ghz 512M Ram > > S3Virge PCI 4M Video > > 160 G IDE (2 80 g partitions for windows) > > 40 G IDE for Linux > > NO SATA attachments > > > > Currently running Windows XP and Redhat 9 off of separate hard disks... > > > > > > > > I ran through the boot sequence again for installation of FC2 off of the cd > > > > text portion of the boot works fine > > > > Get to /sbin/loader > > > > All is well. Blue screen with Fedora Core displayed. > > > > Get popup on USB driver install > > Get Popup on Sata_Promise driver install > > > > Thats it... Hang. After about 1 minute screen fills with funny characters > > and hard reset required to clear > > > > I also tried the boot disk recommended for the P4P800 motherboard issue. > > Seems to get to the same spot in the boot sequence before hanging in the > > same way... > > > > I have also tried several parameters on the boot (probably Including some > > that do not exist 8^) ) > > nofb nousb nosata noprobe > > > > At this point I would suspect a problem with the SATA driver/subsystem as > > that is the last message/screen I get.. Not sure what comes after that point > > in the normal load sequence. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > John Best > > John, I think you may be right in the SATA analysis, but because you > also suspected the video card before, have you actually tried doing a > text install? Sorry , if I missed it if you already mentioned you tried it. > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
