On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 00:09 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > Jackson Pauls wrote: > > i'm trying to install fedora core 3. when anaconda tries to load i get > > the following error message: > > > > /usr/bin/anaconda: cannot execute binary file > > install exited abnormally > > > > the system then unmounts all filesystems and says i can reboot. the same > > problem happens with 2 different motherboards. > > > > any thoughts on what i should look at next? > > RAM? (Use memtest86 at the very first prompt when you boot the CD) > > CD image? Does it pass the media test? (You may need to put ide=nodma > into that first prompt to get it to pass the media test.) thanks James, what worked in the end was under-clocking the CPU. perhaps i should get a new one relatively soon :( best, j > Hope this helps, > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james | John's Inverse Law of Physics: > @westexe.demon.co.uk | You do Physics -- you get inverted. >
