On Sat April 1 2006 10:38, Ryne Sechrist wrote:
ok well I have just been having problem after problem trying
to install fedora....i'm trying to install it on a compaq
presario, 190 ram, 800 MHZ, amd k6, ati graphics, it has
windows 98 on it right now but i'm doing a full delete of
windows and replacing it with fedora 5....well first off i
downloaded the fives images off the site and burnt them as
images...i then tried to install them which the first cd
failed...so i tested all my cds and only disk 2 and 5
passed...so i redownloaded from another mirror the
rest....well on the second media check attempt only disk one
passed....so i redownloaded the others from another
mirror...well that media check didn't pass either one...so i
tried again on another mirror and check failed again....so i
tried another and failed and the last time i tried they failed
again...well i was wondering "well disk 5 passed before so
lets see if it passes a second time" and it didn't...so
basically i got disk 1,2,and 5 to pass and failed 7 times on
disks 3 and 4, and i retested disk 5 and it failed....so i
tried to install fedora core 5 anyway....well everythign was
going fine untill it got to the installation of the first
disk...i got through 64% on the first disk then all of the
sudden my screen turned into a bunch of text....well i'm at
the end of my ropes and i have no idea what to do now....i
really want fedora but i can't seem to find stable images or
if my computer is too old or what? any help would be
great...like i said i really want linux and i have been tring
everything to get it to run.....any suggestions? thanks
Given your report, and the age of your machine, my first
suspicion would fall on the cd-rom in your machine. You could
try cleaning it, though I've only had success with those cd
cleaners one or two times
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Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA