On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 10:15 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > Everyone, > > I am trying to create a fresh install FC4 system on an E-Machine 500 > with a 40gig hard drive and 256M of memory. I just finished an > installation on a different E-machine with the same set up and the > installation was without incident. > > On the affected machine I can put in the FC4 Disc #1 and boot to it > without difficulty, but the process fails on the 3rd question pertaining > to installation method. When I pick CDROM as the method there is a > pause and then an error message telling me that "The Fedora Core CD was > not found in any CDROM drives". > What install method are you using? expert? I do a routine "press enter key to install" installation and it NEVER asks for the install method (source). Of course I am installing from the CD, I just booted from it! :-) Try that instead of the method you are using. > I had previously performed media checks on the FC4 discs and all passed. > I have done a memtest86 on the memory and it passed as well. > > If any of you can give me a suggestion as to what to do next I would > appreciate your help. I have not tried to install an FC over the > network, but that may be the next best thing to do. I'll wait a little > to see what suggestions you all might have. > > Thanks, > > Greg > >
