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Originally posted by supreme_command
Installtion loads up and i press enter. Gets to loading program into memory and then about 1/3 through stops and whole system freezes.
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_sometimes_ what this means is that the cd was incorrectly burned...
are you using homemade or box-set cds?
if homemade, did you check them?
also, even if the cd checks-out:
this (your freeze) happened to me on one of my client's pc with mandrake 9.1... i was using a homemade cd, but that had been checked (md5)... it always stalled about 1/3 of the way when it was loading into memory... but the cd worked and works fine on all other pcs i've tried, and because i had checked it (
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm) i knew the cd was fine...
so anyways, the thing is _on_that_pc i used redhat 9 instead of mandrake 9.1 if i remember correctly... redhat would load without problems...
did you try with another distro? perhaps even a live cd (to test hardware compatibility)?
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Originally posted by Saki786
Q1. Why did my computer freeze on trying to load Fedora?
Q2. Can I change how I reinstall Fedora to make it work properly...?
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this sounds like something unrelated to the problem supreme_command is having...
it might be wise to start a new thread with it's own subject and stuff... you can post a link to it here so everybody here can continue helping you...
anyways, do the same errors occurr every time you install???
if you can post _all_ the error messages _exacty_as_they_appear it would help a lot...
meanwhile, you could also try partitioning the disk yourself with the partition tool in the installer, instead of letting it do it for you (in case it's doing something weird)...
the usual _basic_ partition setup is one for root (/), one for swap, and one for home (/home)...
for example, with a 20gb disc, you could do something like this:
- 2gb for root (/dev/hda1)
- 600mb for swap (/dev/hda5)
- the rest for home (/dev/hda6)