On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:13:16PM +0000, Dave Jenkins wrote: > "However media check on CDs > burnt from disc 2 & 3 ISOs failed: tried 5 burns in > all. I then tried mounting the ISO files as loop and > comparing with the CD contents using "diff -r". This > produced no diffs between any of the ISO images and > their corresponding CDs, even the 5 CDs that had > failed the media check." this is media check out try "linux mediacheck ide=nodma" > Problem (2): > FC3 install appeared to work but system consistently > hung on boot. It would get as far as: > "Initializing hardware... storage network audio done > [OK]" > Then the screen would blank for a second, come back, > show: > "Configuring kernel parameters" > and then just sit there. Not locked up, but going > nowhere. > This happened consistently after reinstalling in > various configurations, except that a minimal install > booted OK. > have you check your hard disk before?? Recently my corrupted hard disk caused me to reinstall my time! > Solutions tried to (1): > Following advice on other threads here, I tried: > a) disabling ACPI in BIOS, > b) appending "noapic" to boot command > c) appending "apci=on" to boot command > d) appending "apci=off" to boot command > I also tried (c) & (d) with "acpi" and "apic" as I > wasn't sure which was correct. > None of these made any difference. > I then randomly tried: > e) removing "rhgb" from boot command. > This fixed the hang, and led me to... > > Problem (3): > X failed to start, with error "No valid modes found". > Preceding this in the log was a long string of > messages where it had tried numerous modes and > rejected them all due to hsync allegedly out of range. > The installer had correctly identified the VGA & > monitor (Iiyama Pro 410). I haven't got any further > with this because of... try run your system with a liveCD such as Knoppix it got great hardware detection. And also provide you with idea about your system configure. Then use the configuration for your fedora setting. > Problem (4): > I was getting bored with continually re-trying Fedora > installs followed by re-installing RH 8.0 so that I > had a working machine to browse for help and generally > do stuff. I only have one machine. So I installed RH > 8.0 on my 6G drive where the FC3 ISO files were, > temporarily moving the ISOs to the 80G drive. However > when I try to mount the Fedora partition from RH8.0 to > copy the files back, I get an error: mount says "wrong > fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2, or > too many mounted file systems" and syslog says: > "EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): > ext3_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 0 not > in group (block 1868783461)!"/ > "EXT3-fs: group descriptors corrupted !" > Same happens if I try to mount as ext2. > I had allowed the FC3 install to choose the > partitioning. Was that a mistake? fdisk says: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id > System > /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 > Linux > /dev/hda2 14 9729 78043770 8e > Linux LVM > Can RH 8.0 read a "Linux LVM" filesystem? If so, how? > > Thanks in advance for any help. I'm the sort of Linux > user who's in it for the stability rather than the > hacking, so if your honest advice is "Fedora's not for > you, try another distro", that would count as help! > > Cheers, > > Dave Sorry! my knowledge is limited. Hope can help you
