On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 11:39 -0800, Lo Cal wrote: > I downloaded the Fedora core 3 torrent file, check the md5sum, which > passed, and burned the images at 10x using nero 6.3 Ultra Edition and > 12x RW disks, boot with cd 1 and start the anaconda cd test which > keeps failing. Only cd 2 passed. I then search torrent sites for each > disk iso and downloaded the torrent file for each cd. Do md5sum > comparison, which passed and burned the cds with Nero 6.3UE at 4x > using 4x RW disks. Boot cd 1, start anaconda test which failed for cd > 1, 3, and 4. I used bittornado v0.3.8 for the downloads. Now the > only thing left to try is downloading from http. I am curring running > Fedora core2 and I want to do a clean install of Fedora core3. > > It looks like some one is having the same problem as me on this thread. > http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-26120.html > Anyone know how to fix the problem > > PS I just got on the list. I apologize if this topic was discussed before. It's been discussed many times. Have you tried booting with "ide=nodma"? (i.e. type "linux ide=nodma" at the first prompt after booting) Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>