On Saturday 13 November 2004 21:35, Benton Whitaker wrote: > All of my FC3 CDs have passed the media check but during >installation, after choosing packages and calculating dependencies, > my system will power off at about 75% of the way through the > "Preparing to install..." completion status window (same spot every > time). I have never had any problems installing or using FC2. Im > using a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop with one disk partitioned into an > NTFS for winXP, an ext3 for Fedora, and a swap for the ext3. Note > that Im doing a fresh install...choosing to format the ext3 and > swap. > Now if I choose a 'minimal install'...the installation succeeds > and everything works fine...minus not having any of the packages I > want. 'Install everything' fails with a power off during 'Preparing > to install..." just like choosing my own packages fails. I have > what I consider a basic understanding of linux, I can recompile the > kernel and install modules etc, yet I have no point of reference on > this problem. Usually hours of Google searches answers just about > anything. Thanks in advance for any insight one can offer. > -Benton The first place I'd look is into the bios, to see if this behaviour can be thwarted somehow. Check in the blanker preferences if it has such a menu, to see if there is some sort of an inactivity timeout that is set for shutdown as a power saver feature. It may also be under power management. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.28% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
