On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 03:29 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > <whinge> > So far I have tried to install FC-6 four times on this machine, > and each time it has hung - the last time with 2 minutes to go, > while installing kdeaccessibility. > To avoid problems with CDs, I'm installing from hard disk. ---- if you choose slow speed (i.e. 2x, 4x, you pretty much eliminate CD issues) ---- > > I shall try again, this time installing the absolute minimum - > neither Gnome nor KDE, and not even X. > If this works, I'll install what I want afterwards with "yum groupinstall". > If it doesn't work, I'll probably go over to debian. ---- I ended up doing this same thing on a Pent III w/ 128MB RAM - less than recommended memory ;-) ---- > I really don't think anaconda is a very reliable program. > This machine has been running Windows XP and Linux for a couple of years > without any problems, so I assume there is nothing wrong with the hardware. ---- I believe that Debian picked it up (anaconda) ---- > Incidentally, the log that is kept in /root is completely useless. > It simply tells me that the last package I was installing > was kdeaccessibility, which I already knew. ---- during install process - you can always check the virtual consoles (3 & 4) <control><alt><F3> or <control><alt><F4> since errors are generally reported there Craig
