[NTLUG:Discuss] fedora 4 iso problem

[Stuart Johnston]

Fred James wrote:
> All
> (1) I downloaded the ISO images for Fedora 4 (4 disc)
> (2) I checked the sums (sha1sum) - all good
> (3) I burned the first CD-R - "cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 
> $FileName" - still all good
> (4) I boot a desktop from this CD
> (4.1) I get the Fedora screen, then the usual string of messages, all 
> the way down to "running /sbin/loader" - then it seems to take a long 
> time, and
> (4.1.1) I get a whole series of messages flying by, ending up with:
>        [<c041677c>] start_kernel+0x15c/0x1b0
> ... and then it stops there.
> 
> What up with that?  Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to 
> offer.

1) Try booting the install with 'linux acpi=off'.
2) Install with FC3 and then upgrade to FC4 with yum.
3) Use a different distro, such as Ubuntu.