On 13Apr2006 22:39, Lyvim Xaphir <knightmerc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 19:56 -0400, Cyrus A wrote: | > I've tried installing FC5 about a dozen times over the past couple of | > days, but to no avail. I'm using the FC5 x86_64 DVD and installing on an | > nforce4 AMD 64 X2 3800 processor architechture. | > | > On the GUI install page reading "Fedora core 5 is ready for | > installation. Click OK to continue", I click OK. The big screen-wide | > progress bar appears but the system simply hangs. I know from experience | > that the next thing that is supposed to happen is the / filesystem is | > formatted, but the little window never comes up. The DVD simply spins | > down and the system hangs forever. [...] | | I would suggest a test. Download a copy of the FC5 cdrom version (700 | meg iso) and burn that. Check it with sha1sum to make sure you've got a | good burn. | | Boot with the regular iso version and see if you can duplicate the | failure. Report back with the info. Also - is it _really_ hung? Or just doing disc I/O. If you have the surface-check option on it will do a surface scan of the drive, which can take hours on a medern drive. Also, if you have not got DMA active for the drive it will be about 10 times as slow (having just had no-DMA problems recently on a machine). Just wondering, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Real computer scientists don't comment their code. The identifiers are so long they can't afford the disk space.
