Never mind, I found the answer to my problem: Mandrake 10.1 I just don't have time to be a beta-tester for Redhat Enterprise. Good luck > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Johnson > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:59 PM > To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' > Subject: Arrgh, I cant install FC3! (USB hardware problems?) > > > Hi all, I'm having trouble installing FC3 and need some help. > > My system is an factory-generic dell dimension 2300 (P4 > 512M), 'bout 18 months old, with nothing new added to it > other than an nvidia video card. > > I've long since moved my factory-installed XP on one > partition. I hope to get rid of it entirely someday. I used > to have Redhat 9 on another partition until RH stopped > supporting desktops. I replaced RH9 with Gentoo, but Gentoo > was too high-maintenance so I thought FC3 would be better. > Now I have deleted Gentoo and unsuccesfully tried to replace > it with FC3. > > So I've got the four disks burned with the FC3 .iso's, and > when I start the first one, everything seems to go well for > the first 10 seconds or so until it gets to the point where I > believe the installer is looking for hardware, and it hangs > at the USB detection (?) > > This is what the screen looks like during the process > > Call Trace: > ...blah... > ...blah... > ...blah... > <6> USB Host Controller Interface driver v2.2 > > Then it returns control of the cursor (just keyboard echo), > and hangs. Ive tried several times, even walked off for half > hour, but it doesn't go any further. CTL-ALT-DEL to restart machine. > > I only have 2 external USB devices: a printer and a digital > camera. I disconnected both USB cables from the box and > re-tried the installation > -- still the same results. > > THEN, I tried installation with the "noprobe" argument, and the > installation went through (apparently) correctly. Except that now it > won't boot. The dual-boot option works fine (Fedora or XP), > it defaults into Fedora, and it starts into the boot process > like it should, until 15 seconds (or less) into the process, > where it is apparently looking > for hardware drivers. The last few lines before it hangs are: > > [<02136a4a>] sys_init_module +0x207/0x2ef > Bad EIP value > network > > I get control of the cursor (again, only for keyboard echo) > and hangs. Now I have to powercycle the machine to get it to > restart. > > I really want to give FC3 a chance, but im stuck. > > Robert > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
