On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 08:18:12AM -0800, Brian D. McGrew wrote: > I've seen this exact same problem before and I see it frequently on Dell > Dimension 4700's. It's the CD-ROM drive. Either swap out the drive or > try a network install. For some reason, whatever brand of CD-ROM drives > (Dell) are being used, they don't seem to care much for home brew discs. > > -brian > We only buy Dell machines and I have never had a problem with disks I made. The problem stated below leads me to believe that the wrong boot method was used on CD #1. If you just hit return or type: linux test at boot the question below should not appear. > > 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". > > 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 -- ======================================================================= No man's ambition has a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice. -- John Altgeld ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
