On 4/19/06, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Terry Polzin wrote: > > >> > Options like ide=nodma don't appear to work so the CD-ROM drive times > >> > out due to use if DMA, and the install fails. > >> > > >> > These things worked great in FC2,3,4 why not now? > > I must say that has been my experience - > for some reason, FC5 seems to come up with more errors > when installing from CD than earlier FC distributions. > > (1) I wish They would allow one to re-try > when a file is "not found". > On one computer I tried several times, > and the installation failed at different points on each occasion. > (In the end I installed from the hard disk.) > > (2) I think the alternative options (install from hard disk, etc) > should be offered in the main menu, > and not require one to boot with "linux askmethod". > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > Submit these suggestions as an RFE (request for enhancement) on bugzilla.
