Re: Problem Installing FC 6

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On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 15:11 -0800, Norm wrote:
> A friend of mine is having a challenge installing core 6.  
> The disks pass the media check on both the target computer and another
> computer.
> Disk 1 installs properly yet when he loads disk 2 it informs him that
> he has loaded the wrong disk.
> He and I both downloaded from the same site about the same time and my
> disks have worked so it is not the site and he is certain in both cases
> he is using core 6 iso's.
> Any suggestions as to what he should do next?

Try adding "hdc=nodma" (disable DMA on the CD drive) to the "boot:"
command line:

	boot: linux hdc=nodma

and see if that helps.  The installer kernel sometimes has issues with
that.

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