Fedora...cant install

[vvmanoj]

Hi,
I am new to Linux. I just picked up Red Hat Fedora Bible (book) and it came along with 3CDs of the binaries.
As instructed I booted through the first CD....it boots fine but then when I proceed to the GUI installer.....it proceed to to show detection of hardware(in a shell environment) but then stops. It stops at something like loading anaconda...done
starting installer.....
/usr/sbin/(or something like that)
But then nothing. The keyboard cursor too stops blinking if it means anything.
Thanks in advance,
Manoj

[Nerderello]

vvmanoj,
sounds like there is something that Linux doesn't like about your present hardware (anaconda is a program that Linux runs to configure itself).

Can you post your hardware list here please (ie. let us know what your PC is and what is in it).

regards

Nerderello

[vvmanoj]

Well....this is my config -> AMD AthlonXP 1800,Asus A7N266, 768MB RAM,40GB HDD,CDRW Drive,DVD Drive, Geforce3ti200,Creative Audigy,DLink LAN card and Pinnacle PCTV. Running Win2000 pro on primary partition.
Thanks....

[vvmanoj]

Hi,
Ok finally installed....This is what I did. I created a bootCD using the bootdisk.img file on CD1. I booted through the CD....it auto detected my Linux bootCD on my second DVD drive....and from then on everything went off smoothly......until I rebooted.
Now when I select to boot into Fedora (in grub) it loads the GUI....there is a dialogue box that says "setting host name" and it just hangs.....
Please can someone help!!

[Nerderello]

when you say

it loads the GUI

what exactly do you mean? Are you getting an X screen (perhaps an GDM or KDM login screen) or is it still only text (but with boxes and no mouse cursor)?

have fun

Nerderello

[vvmanoj]

Here is a screenshot....



Thanks
Manoj

[vvmanoj]

I give up. I tried everything.....removed drives, shut down my router......everything. But the problem remains.
Its back to Windows for the time being!
Manoj

[Stebo]

You could hit Alt+D on that screen and watch the modules load. Probably an interrupt sharing problem on NIC and another card. You could try moving the NIC...

[vvmanoj]

ok.....I tried it (alt+D) it opens up a console type window with a cursor. But same thing it hangs. It now hangs at " Setting up disks" I think I need to get a different distro!

[Nerderello]

that GUI is caused by the parameter 'rhgb' on the kernel line in the file /boot/grub/grub.conf .

You should be able to see what is happening by:
1) editing the line in /boot/grub/grub.conf to remove the 'rhgb' from the kernel line

or

2) click on the "show details"

this will give you a list of activities that are happening. Find out what the last one is, and start from there.

Nerderello