Re: Getting Fedora to work

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Michael,

I have tried for days with multiple downloads and DVD
burns to install. I finally managed to do it with
linux text and now it boots up. Try that. Maybe it
will work for you too. Just use the default
partitioning.

/Ivan

--- Michael Satterwhite <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I didn't notice it before I posted my message, but I
> found it
> interesting that another potential Fedora user had
> posted a very similar
> problem to mine immediately before my message was
> posted.
> 
> I'd like to switch to Fedora, but I can't get it to
> come up. Note: I did
> check the image sums before I burned the DVD. I did
> have k3b verify the
> image, and it reported it binary equal. I did have
> Fedora check the
> media before I started the install. I've seen some
> suggestions about
> graphics cards. My card is running fine in two
> different distributions
> and in Windows (I'm aware that this doesn't
> eliminate that as a
> potential problem, but it certainly diminishes the
> probability. If any
> OS were the only one that couldn't use the card, I'd
> question the wisdom
> of using it).
> 
> There was a question about /usr and / being in the
> same partition. I'm
> bringing /home up in its own partition, but
> everything else shares a
> partition (except my windows partition. I'm not
> going to let my Linux
> installation touch my Win2K partition).
> 
> That said, my install runs through the point that it
> tries to boot. It
> reaches the point that it says:
> 
> Mounting local filesyste          [Failed]
> Enabling local filesystem quotas  [OK]
> Enabling /etc/fstab swaps
> 
> At this point, the boot hangs and goes no further.
> I've noted that other
> people have reported the same problem.
> 
> It (obviously) bothers me that it failed to mount
> the local file system.
> Regardless, I can't get Fedora Core 6 up. I have
> wiped my Fedora install
> and reinstalled kubuntu. I'm willing to try again if
> there is any
> realistic hope of getting Fedora up, but my window
> of opportunity is
> only on weekends for this, and that window is
> rapidly closing.
> 
> Can anyone offer any help, or is Fedora Core 6 just
> a lost cause? I'd
> have trouble believing that, but I guess anything is
> possible.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> ---Michael
> 
> -- 
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> To unsubscribe:
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> 



 
____________________________________________________________________________________
Cheap talk?
Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.
http://voice.yahoo.com

-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
[Index of Archives]     [Older Fedora Users]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Package Announce]     [EPEL Announce]     [Fedora Magazine]     [Fedora News]     [Fedora Summer Coding]     [Fedora Laptop]     [Fedora Cloud]     [Fedora Advisory Board]     [Fedora Education]     [Fedora Security]     [Fedora Scitech]     [Fedora Robotics]     [Fedora Maintainers]     [Fedora Infrastructure]     [Fedora Websites]     [Anaconda Devel]     [Fedora Devel Java]     [Fedora Legacy]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora Fonts]     [ATA RAID]     [Fedora Marketing]     [Fedora Management Tools]     [Fedora Mentors]     [SSH]     [Fedora Package Review]     [Fedora R Devel]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kickstart]     [Fedora Music]     [Fedora Packaging]     [Centos]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Fedora Legal]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora OCaml]     [Coolkey]     [Virtualization Tools]     [ET Management Tools]     [Yum Users]     [Tux]     [Yosemite News]     [Gnome Users]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Art]     [Fedora Docs]     [Asterisk PBX]     [Fedora Sparc]     [Fedora Universal Network Connector]     [Libvirt Users]     [Fedora ARM]

  Powered by Linux