[sllug-members]: Fedora Core install problems

[Thomas S Hatch]

thanks for all your help guys!  I will get on the freenode and hash it out
with red hat!

On 11/13/06, poly at polystreet.com <poly at polystreet.com> wrote:
>
> I just installed FC6 on a Dell Inspiron 9300.  I went very smooth.  I
> initially did a number of install on it just to test things out.  So,
> right before FC6, I had a FreeBDS partition and I had to use the
> FreeBSD intall disc to delete because FC6 install DVD won't do that.
> Other than that, the rest was "as usual", if not better.
>
> Also, I wanted to upgrade another Dell laptop (that already has FC3) but
> it freezes just like in your case.  It's kind of dissapointing because I
> am not up to removing all partitions on it and doing a fresh install.
> If you have everything backed up and can afford to loose everything on
> you drive, you may use another tool to delete all partitions.  I am not
> sure, but that worked in my case.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Poly
> http://www.netforall.com/poly
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [sllug-members]: Fedora Core install problems
> > From: Jarom Hatch <jshatch at azza.com>
> > Date: Mon, November 13, 2006 11:07 am
> > To: Salt Lake Linux Users Group Discussions <sllug-members at sllug.org>
> >
> > On 11/11/2006 07:47 PM, Thomas S Hatch wrote:
> > > I am having a hard time figuring this out, I am trying to install
> fedora
> > > core 6 on my computer and it keeps freezing when it begins searching
> for
> > > existing installations, right after choosing my keyboard layout, and
> it
> > > is a total system freeze so I can't hop to another terminal and get
> > > output, I have tried the DVD and a CD, I have searched the net fo
> > > solutions and tried to boot with noprobe and nobmraid, but to no
> avail.
> > > I have 2 80 gig sata hard drives, my motherboard is an Asus A7V600
> with
> > > the via VT 600 chipset and a via-sata controller for the drives, I
> have
> > > previously installed just about every distro on this box, and I know
> it
> > > to be in good working order.  I have also been posting on fedora
> forums
> > > without any luck.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas?  Thanks!
> >
> > I passed this off to my friend who works at Redhat and this is what he
> said:
> >
> > > Hm... Smells oddly like a bug I thought we'd squashed, where if the
> > > user has a reiser-formatted partition, the installer choked... I'd
> > > suggest he get a serial console on the box, if at all possible. And
> > > rather than going to the "fedora forums", since there is no such
> > > official entity and thus I haven't a clue who would be hanging out
> > > there that really knows their stuff, I'd maybe point him at #fedora
> > > on irc.freenode.net instead. But yeah, I'd first check to see what's
> > > on those disks the installer is trying to scan.
> > >
> > > Oh! That just triggered a though... Could also be dmraid causing
> > > problems, so another thing to try would be to launch the installer
> > > w/"linux nodmraid". I've seen dmraid do some really stupid things
> > > here and there...
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Jarom
>
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