Can't boot on Dell dimension

Phil Timmons phil_timmons at dslextreme.com
Fri Dec 12 03:00:21 UTC 2003


Just a suggestion, but..have you tried creating a boot diskette for the
install rather than booting from the cdrom initially?

Phil

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 21:45, Steve Wechsler wrote:
> Steve, I was the original poster, not Hans.
> 
> The machine is a Dell Dimension 4550. Partition magic is not involved.
> 
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of Steve Bucci
> 
> Hey, Hans.
> I used to be a Dell technician. It sounds to me like that is a Partition
> Magic problem. Nothing you described sounds like a dell problem. What type
> of Dell Dennison do you have?
> 
> 
> Am Donnerstag 11 Dezember 2003 18:45 schrieb Steve Wechsler:
> > I checked the archives and noted that several people have had this issue
> > with Dells
> >
> > I downloaded Fedora Core 1 and burned to CD, but each time it gets an
> error
> > when it tries to start. I get this error:
> >
> > error 2 reading header: cpio: Bad magic
> >
> > Running anaconda, the Fedora Core system installer - please wait...
> > exec of anaconda failed: Bad adressinstall exited abnormally
> > sending termination signals...done
> > sending kill signals...done
> >
> > I tried burning 3 different CDs (2 different brands, including one at 4x)
> > and they all had exactly the same issue. The machine that the CD was
> burned
> > on is itentical to the one I'm trying to install on. I previously have
> been
> > able to run installs from Mandrake Linux, so I don't think it's a disc
> > issue.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> If you have a running Linux system you can install Fedora on the Dell via
> PXE.
> 
> 
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