Re: Fedora 13 install

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  On 10/09/2010 11:52 AM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Already done that, and can build and save partitions, freezes when
> formatting filesystems. I just successfully loaded Mandrake 8.1 a couple of
> days ago, so I'm pretty sure  that the hardware is ok. I'm downloading
> Fedora 10 right now to see if maybe it will load.
>
> Rod McCown><>
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> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
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>    On 10/09/2010 11:23 AM, Rod McCown wrote:
>> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
>> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
> RAM.
>> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
>> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>>
>> Rod McCown><>
>> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
>> Fishermen Chapter
>> Christian Motorcyclist Association
>> 817-395-3029
>> rodmccown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>>
> Can you boot the F13 dvd in rescue mode?
> Sure, it will not find an installation, that's OK.
> You will get a shell.
>
>   From the shell see if you can use either parted
> or fdisk and see if they freeze.
> If so, you might have some HD hardware or connector problem.
>
When you boot the DVD for installing, do you let it
check the media for sanity? There might be some
bad spots on the media. It has happened to me a few times.

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