Rick Bilonick wrote: > I was able to install the 32-bit version of FC5 on a newer Toshiba > laptop - everything works perfectly. I run into problems, however, when > trying to install the 64-bit version on two virtually identical AMD > Athlon 64 systems. I checked the DVD first and it passed the test. But > near the end of the install on the first system it could not find or > install a program (I don't remember which at this point). So I installed > FC4 instead (without any problems). Tonight I made a new DVD of the > 64-bit iso file and it passed the test also. I tried to install this on > the second Athlon system (same motherboard as the first system). The > install fails early on after asking about updating grub. It complains > that it cannot unmount the dvd (resource busy). When I looked at some of > the consoles, there appeared to be a number of problems concerning the > DVD drive or files. (This system currently runs FC4 - it installed > without any problems like the first system.) > > Any suggestions on how to proceed? I would like to upgrade to FC5 as FC4 > is long in the tooth. (Both FC4 systems are up to date with patches, > BTW.) Something I did when I met similar problems - the installation kept failing - was to go to Custom Install and install the minimal set, and then when the system was working I installed what I wanted with "yum grouplist" and "yum groupinstall ...". -- 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
