----- Original Message ---- From: Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2007 10:35:41 PM Subject: Re: Installation of Fedora 7 no go On 6/1/07, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > --- "A.J. Bonnema" <abonnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Antonio Olivares wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > I have been trying to install Fedora 7 on an > > > older > > > > machine AMD-1800XP, 512MB Ram and it has not > > > worked. > > > > Media check passes and I get a bug message from > > > > anaconda. The machine worked with FC3 and > > kernel > > > > parameter acpi=ht, because it did not shutdown > > > > properly. > > > > > > > > Here I will attach the anaconda message > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > Hi Antonio, > > > > > > Do you have some information on at which point > > this > > > happened? > > > Otherwise us non-programmer mortals won't be able > > to > > > help. > > > > > > For example, was it during the partitioning bit of > > > Anaconda? > > > If so, what was your drive layout and what were > > you > > > doing? > > > > > > P.S. I also had a crash and was able to solve it. > > > Check the thread > > > "Weird disk problem" (I later added " [solved]". > > > > > > Guus. > > > -- > > > A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, > > > user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org) > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > It has happened after the partitioning scheme. I > > let > > it do its thing, use free space and then all of a > > sudden, this happened. > > > > I later tried again and I got the following: > > > > Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to > > a > > missing > > repodata directory. Please ensure that your install > > tree has been correctly generated cannot open/read > > repond.xml file for repository: > > anaconda-base-200705271038.i386 > > > > I also tried a text-based install and it does not > > want > > to work either. It bombs out with the same message. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Antonio > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Need a vacation? Get great deals > > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Sent to Bugzilla > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242194 > > If this is a duplicate of another, or others are > having the same troubles, please add your comments. > > Regards, > > Antonio > Have you disabled dma, i.e. "ide=nodma "? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list I tried acpi=off apm=off, but I did not ry ide=nodma. Will try tomorrow and report back. Thanks, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
