I have started running Linux exclusively (no multi boot with M$) on my laptop 5 years ago and my first version of Linux was RH7. Since then, i have upgraded to every subsequent version of RH and Fedora (RH7.1,7.2,8,9,FC1,2,3,4,5,6) on my laptop and have changed the make and model of laptop as well. I can say that, i *never* had a problem with installation. Also, i run Fedora on my Desktop (which i have assembled) and never had a problem with the installation. But, i am not saying that others can't have issues with the installer of Fedora on a specific hardware but, in general installation is very stable. I have come across certain situations where the NIC driver was not part of the kernel and had to download from the vendor site and install it to connect to the internet. In this case, i have to make use of my other machine to download and copy the driver to the new install. Srikanth Stefan Held wrote: > Am 16.03.2007 13:38 Uhr schrieb "Timothy Murphy" unter > <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> Yesterday I downloaded and burnt the Ubuntu Live CD (6.06), >> and it worked like perfectly on the 4 machines I tried it on. >> > > Yes, this is what is called a stable Version of Ubuntu. > >> The rather ancient version of Knoppix I have >> also works perfectly on all the machines I have tried it on. > > Which is also a Stable Release of Knoppix > >> I downloaded and burnt the Fedora-7 Test Live CD some time ago, >> and this does not boot on any machine I've tried it on. > > I downloaded both, DVD and CD Torrent of F7 Test 1 and 2. > > Both worked like a charm on my machine. > >> I asked a few weeks ago if anyone had successfully booted from this CD, >> but I only got advice on how to test the CD; >> nobody replied that they had actually got it to work. > > I did not answer but yes, it worked for me. > >> In my experience there is something basically wrong >> with the CD reading part of Fedora CDs, >> as many people report problems installing Fedora this way. > > Why should it? Did you verify the sha1 summs of your download? > > Did you test the same CD on a bunch of identical Machines/CD Drives? > > Did you try to burn the CD with 4x speed only? Then test again? > >
