Problem at installing Linux Fedora Core 4

Valkeanmieli · 09-20-2005, 07:31 AM

I don't know if this is the right place to put this question but here it goes anyway..

I have a problem at installing the Linux Fedora Core 4 distribution package. When I try to boot it from a disk a weird error accures. Here's a picture about it.

myy.helia.fi/~a0500248/ongelma/virhe2.JPG

This happens after I press Enter on the very first screen after you have booted and put the CD in.

Help!

homey · 09-20-2005, 09:29 AM

Did you check the sha1sums before burning the iso to cdrom?

Valkeanmieli · 09-20-2005, 10:40 AM

Yes I did. There's nothing wrong in that part.

homey · 09-20-2005, 11:13 AM

I did some googling and came up with a possible work-around...
At the boot prompt, type: mediacheck
That will likely pop an error so type this next: linux mediacheck

You could also try starting with the command: linux acpi=off

Valkeanmieli · 09-20-2005, 02:15 PM

I tried these but.. the only one that "worked" was "linux mediacheck" and the program checked the CD 1. result was this: "PASS It is OK to install from this media" and I got to the installation view but the same kernel error accured later and the program wanted to reboot. I have no idea what to do.. I'm a real newbie and this error is a very huge problem for me to deal with.

homey · 09-20-2005, 02:55 PM

Well I'm not exactly a newbie but have never had any errors from the installation cds. My boxes are very boring and just install and run so I have to cruise the forums to see how the poor people live.
Have you tried to re-burn CD1? Other than that I don't know but maybe some more googling.

Valkeanmieli · 09-20-2005, 04:01 PM

Yep, done that one too. Same error comes. I guess I have to try some other distribution package but I'm quite sure that this same error will come with them too..

hlpboplz · 09-20-2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by Valkeanmieli
Yep, done that one too. Same error comes. I guess I have to try some other distribution package but I'm quite sure that this same error will come with them too..

I had a smimular problem. It turned out the the media didn't like the cd drive. I put a newer drive in and all was well. Just a thought.

Valkeanmieli · 09-22-2005, 02:28 AM

The weird thing right now is that I tried to install it again after I had tried another CD drive (what didn't work either) and for some odd reason I was able to install fedora core 4 but after it wants to reboot the same error come up again.

So after many attempts to boot it and finish the sound questions and other stuff I got bored and tried to install the fedora core 3. Well it didn't work either! BUT after a few times of trying it did work and now I have Fedora core 3. But I still want that goddamn Fedora Core 4! So if anyone have some ideas what to do now, please tell me.

hob · 09-22-2005, 03:39 PM

There's probably a hardware error which is being tripped by the Fedora 4 installation process. This is a really excellent summary:

http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/HardwareProblems

PTrenholme · 09-22-2005, 03:55 PM

If you have the ISO images on you HD, you can install from them without using a CD drive at all. See
here a for "how-to."

Ambar Chatterjee · 01-18-2006, 05:10 AM

I had the same problem. It appears to be a compatibility issue with the CD drive. As I already had Fedora Core 2 installed and working, I copied the files vmlinuz and initrd.img from the 1st CD of Fedora Core 4 to my /boot, edited grub.conf so that I could boot this image. On booting I was prompted for CD#1 and installation went smoothly. After installation there is no problem in using the CD drive.