at the boot prompt of FC dvd, type "linux expert" it with forward you to expert mode installation
On Jan 11, 2008 1:16 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded FC8 x86-64 last night (took all night on my Globe DSL > here at home). Now I was gonna (joy!) install it on my PC.... > > and everything comes to a screeching halt. Apparently this is a > well-known bug: the ata_piix driver (SATA) grabs the PATA interface. > But ata_piix doesn't support PATA ATAPI devices like (gasp!) my > DVD-ROM drive. So... installation cannot complete. > > On Ubuntu, there's supposed to be an expert mode where you can disable > the ata_piix driver (it will then use the time-honoured ide driver) > and everything is frosty. But I don't know how to do this in FC8 (my > last Linux installs were OEL5 -- RHEL5 clone -- and FC6 a year ago). > And a quick google turns up nothing. > > Ideas? > > > -- > Orlando Andico > +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 > > "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my > telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure > out how to use my telephone." > -- Bjarne Stroustrup > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Jagi C. Sarcilla System Engineer
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