try to load FC3 in text mode!! if you could provide the error log file would be helpful. when u r install fails enable the nic card and load the error file onto another machine using the scp command. the scp commands are listed in this url http://www-it.desy.de/support/help/uco_documentation/sshhowto.html.en u can also try this method boot: linux text nomce this command will disable the autoprobe of the hardware where u will have to manually select the device ... its a tedious process!! wish u luck!! read the scp process from that url and try to load the files to some server or some other pc. and send the error log. cheers!! p.s. typing fast leeds to loadrs of typo errors ... please opardon those errors ... thanks!! i am using cent os 4.0 a clone of rh el 4.0 on a p2 machine.... 200 mh\z and i dont have any problem .. just the system is damn slow. so its a pin to go gui... console :-) On 4/15/05, Chris Negus <cnegus@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 10:27 -0500, linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I'm trying to install FC3 from the DVD that came with the Linux Bible. > > It supposedly is a complete install. > > The DVD that comes with the Linux Bible includes the complete set of > Fedora Core 3 binaries, as well as a bootable KNOPPIX. It is not just > the Fedora 3 DVD iso. Pressing enter at the boot prompt will boot > KNOPPIX. If that works, the media is probably okay. Reboot and type > linux to install Fedora. > > > I've gotten various error, but one that is frequent is: at the prompt I > > type Fedora and the screen goes blank then says "crc error --System > > halt" > > Is it possible that you have a bad hard disk? > > -- Chris Negus > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
