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03-05-2005, 12:18 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: brazil
Distribution: fedora and suse
Posts: 23
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still having troubling installing
hi. i'm having many problems trying to install fedora core 3.
i have to motherboards: a 9vaav and a m756mrt.
in both i use a pentium III 600 Mhz(133) and 256Mb Dram (133).
the m756 is all onboard, but i think the socket370 is with problem so i use the adapter for the slot . it gives a error when reading the list of packages. it aborts the install.
the 9vaav, ont have video. os i use a ati ultra rage 128 pro.i use the cpu in the socket370. in this one, it gives error in installing the ncurses. it copies and then gives a message of error, that can be the cd(absolutely not, tested in other pcs and worked. installed everything), the cdrom(it's new. and is a cd-rw) or hardware problems( pretty much certain in this one).
i think the setup in both are bad configured. and i got no clue how to configure properly.
i installed one time in the m756mrt, but was so late that i stoped and tried the other day, but wasnt able to install either.
what can i do?
please help me out.
i need this soon.
well, thanks a lot for listening and for the help.
see ya.
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03-06-2005, 10:15 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Sparta, NC USA
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Posts: 5,141
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First, I would test your RAM. Linux is more sensitive to bad ram than is Microsoft.
I had one box that wouldn't install from the DVD-RW drive it had in it (and as far as I can tell, it is a good drive, except for the Fedora install.
I made a bootable CD-R and did the install from the ISO files from the hard drive. I always use the text install too, as it succeeds whereas I never have had a successful GUI install.
Preparing to install Linux:
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A Beginner's Guide to Choosing a Linux Distribution
Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
LWN distro list
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03-06-2005, 11:15 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Shelbyville, TN, USA
Distribution: Fedora Core, CentOS
Posts: 1,019
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I would suspect the harddrive if you absolutely sure it isn't the CD. The memory could also be suspect. You can test your memory by downloading memtest86 from http://www.memtest86.com . You should try to perform a confidence test on the harddrive. If you still have the disk that came with it there should be something on there or you can try to go to the manufacturers website. I would still try to reburn the FC3 CDs. Maybe try a different brand CD-R if possible.
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03-08-2005, 11:04 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: brazil
Distribution: fedora and suse
Posts: 23
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did it!
thanks for the help and the info guys.
i am very grateful to you.
i managed to install the fedora core 3 on my pc.
it was the cpu. the motherboard detect a pentium III 600 MHz 133( multiplier 4.5X). but i manually changed to 450MHz 100(multiplier 4.5X).
dont know if it is the frequency or the potential of the processor that was wrong.
later i will discover it.
but it worked on the m756mrt motherboard.
i only need now to configure the network and install apt-get to fully operate the system now.
well,
thanks again for the help.
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