On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 00:01 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > I just tried to install FC5 x86_64 using both DVD and an NFS image > install on my wife's Athlon 64 machine which is equipped with: > > Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra video card > Dell 2405FPW flat panel monitor (which includes a whole bunch of flash > card readers, USB and sound ports) > > When the DVD boots up the boot: screen image shows just fine. > typing 'linux mediacheck' or 'linux askmethod' at the boot: prompt also > works fine until anaconda tries to bring up X. > > The graphical X installer wouldn't come up at all. Text utilities such > as mediacheck work fine. > > This means I can't install in graphical mode at all. > > I see from checking the postings that the problem is kernel-related and > a new kernel is expected. How do I get the install to work -- do it in > text mode and update to a newer kernel? Is there a way to get anaconda > to boot with a substitute kernel not on the installation CD? > > Thanks > > Bob Cochran > Take a look at http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc5.html#nvidia. You should be able to use these instructions in text mode. -- Stanton Finley http://stanton-finley.net/
