install fails with bogus "out of space" error?

[Tim Currie]

Tim Currie wrote:

> Hi!
>  I'm trying to install Fedora on my new Dell Inspiron 8600. Everything 
> goes smoothy at first. When it gets to the point where it says it's 
> copying the install image to the selected disk, the install fails, 
> citing lack of disk space as a likely cause. This is probably bogus, 
> sseeing as how the selected partition is about 15GB. Any guesses?
>
> -Tim
>
Ok, this is, in fact, related to a known issue. Booting with "linux 
allowcddma" (per numberous bugzilla comments) fixed the problem.

Thanks!

-Tim

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