You're right about the sources of the CDs, but I know in every previous case with Fedora that the system has installed OK form the "suspect" CDs using the "suspect" drive. It's just that the install command line seems to require tweaking to make it happen.
On 20 Sep 2004 at 10:56, James Gregory wrote: > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 10:49 +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote: > > I've done several installs of Fedora C1, and had a variety of > > experiences: some went very smoothly, and some had great problems. > > > > Now I've tried a C2 installation (on a dual-boot laptop on which > > Lycoris installed very smoothly), and all went badly - the dreaded > > couldn't read from media error. > > Did you use the 'check media' option before you did the installation? Is > it possible that your lycoris CDs were stamped by professionals and that > you burnt the fedora CDs? > > > I tried GUI and text installs, and > > installs with mem=64M, nodma and noprobe settings, all with the same > > result. > > > > Does anyone have any additional clues? > > > > When is redhat going to fix anaconda so this doesn't happen? > > I've found anaconda to be far and away the best linux installer out > there. I would be more suspicious of either the drive or your CDs if > anaconda isn't working. > > HTH, > > James. > > -- > James Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Regards, Edwin Humphries, Managing Director Mobile: 0419 233 051 Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299 Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
