On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 21:04 -0500, Robt C Parrish Sr. wrote: > Does anyone know what the difference is between how version 11 initializes > hardware and how version 12 does it? Several years ago I played around with > Redhat linux for awhile. I've been trying to installing Fedora onto a > second harddrive on a system with XP on the first drive. Here is my > dilemma. > > I downloaded version 11 and burnt them to CD. When I try to install it gets > to where it initializes hardware and hangs up/freezes. I searched thru the > forum and the only thing I found was that it points to hardware > compatibility. I checked and all my hardware seems compatible. I saw on > the forum where version 12 was released and decided to try that. The > install goes well and I get past the disk partitioning to installing the > bootloader. When I try to go to the nest step I get "Unable to read group > information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of > your installation." When I checked the forum for this message it talked > about a problem with the CDs burning. I checked according to the > instructions and the CDs checked out ok. Fedora 12 has not been released yet (though it will be very soon). What you're trying is one of the prerelease versions. These are discussed on fedora-test-list. > If I can figure out why version 11 hangs on initializing hardware I can > install that version. If I can figure out what version 12 halts after the > bootloader I can install that version. I am really interested in getting > Fedora installed. If you're uncertain, wait a few days for the official release, then try the LiveCD version to make sure your hardware is supported. If all goes well then either install from the LiveCD or the full DVD. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
