Michael A. Peters wrote: >> Is it me, or has anaconda really deteriorated? > > Anaconda has gone through some changes - IE it now is using yum. ... > On a machine where anaconda fails - I try an http install. Very often > that works. It seems anaconda isn't patient enough to wait for the disk > to finish mounting on some hardware, so it works via http install but > not by DVD install. > > If that doesn't work (and I've seen even that fail, especially on > laptops - seems that the pcmcia utils on the fc5 disk has a bug with > some laptops preventing cardbus cards from working) - then I do a fc4 > install. > > After installing fc4 I yum update the kernel (a must), then update yum, > then I install the fedora-release from fc5. This then allows me to do a > yum update to bring it up to fc5. It doesn't seem that your experience is very different from mine. It's a pity, because it means that I could not recommend a newbie to try Fedora, as the risk of failure during installation is too high. On my experience, the probability of a failure while reading the CDs is at least 30%. I wish the Anaconda people would get advice from Mr Knoppix or Mr Slax. -- 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
