--- Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ivan Kronkvist wrote: > > > I bought a new PC (Dell Dimension w/ Pentium D) > and > > installed Fedora 6 on it. All went fine and after > the > > install the system was rebooted and I was able to > log > > on. I then did shutdown and when I tried to boot > up > > the next day, the bootup process hung after > enabling > > disk quotas. I searched the archive and found a > > similar post that suggested that the graphics > wasn't > > working. I rebooted with linux rescue, changed the > > runlevel to 3 in inittab, and now I saw a stack > trace > > and a Segmentation Fault for the line in > rc.sysinit > > that does a rm -rf on a bunch of things in /tmp. > > > > I have tried to reinstall, but my original DVD > didn't > > work, the install got hung while resolving > > dependencies of the packets I want to install. I > have > > downloaded Fedora 6 another 4 times and burned new > > DVDs, but the installation process complains on > each > > of them that the DVD image is broken when I test > the > > DVD before starting to install. (the original DVD > > passed before my initial install, but since has > the > > same problem when I test it.) If I try to install > from > > any of these DVDs, the install still hangs when > > resolving packages. > > > > I don't know if there is a hardware problem. It > seems > > hard to imagine since it is a brand new PC and > before > > I even started install linux, I booted up with the > > Windows XP that it came with and everything > appeared > > to be fine. However, trying to reinstall Windows > XP > > from the DVD I got in the purchase also fails. It > > somehow hangs while booting from the DVD giving me > a > > blank screen. > > > > Any help or hints are welcome. I have installed > RedHat > > on numerous PC's some years ago and never had any > > problems at all. > > Personally, if I had that much trouble I would try > installing from the hard disk, if you have enough > space on it. I have plenty space, but how do I get the install image on there if I cannot boot up? > Also I'd try running in text mode, > and disable selinux if the opportunity arose. I'll try that. > I had some trouble with Anaconda and CDs in Fedora > 5, > but I cleaned all my CD readers and writers with a > cheap lens cleaner, > and didn't have the same problems with Fedora 6. > However, that could perfectly well be a fluke. I can write other DVDs fine, except for the Fedora 6 X86 64 install DVD. > > -- > 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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
