> the Fedora 6 at first don't find the CD-ROM device, then I type "linux > all-generic-ide" in the install screen and works, but just after I chose > the language and keyboard it stops, no messages, in the text install it > stays at the blue screen, and in the graphical installation it just stop > responding at the keyboard screen. What sort of IDE controller does lspci think you have for the CD-ROM port (which I assume is old style PATA ?) and what messages if any are on the log screen about the CD or lack of it ? Alan