[Cialug] Troubleshooting Linux (Fedora Core 2) Install

[Daniel Wittenberg]

You could try:
boot:  linux mediacheck

that will at least make sure that your media is good.  If you haven't
tried, I would try text mode install too:
boot:  linux text

Dan

On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:50 -0600, Andrew Lietzow wrote:
> Dear Cialug'ers,  (please email direct to me as well as to list), 
> I'm attempting to install Fedora Core 2 on a new server.  The first time I used this set of CD's, they worked fine, so I don't think it's a media problem. 
> 
> Here is what happens.  I boot via the CD-Rom.  System loads vmlinuz and initrc.img files, and the O/S gets loaded into RAM.   System appears to load my Adaptec Driver (AIC7XXX?) fine. Then, I get a blue screen for quite a while, followed by a screen of gibberish.  Looks kind of like cyrillic characters or what you get on a modem with a baud rate issue. 
> 
> I tried swapping out the video card (ATI Rage IIC-PCI) with a Nvidia Card.  I'll try another plain jane Trident I have around here and I'll swap out the keyboard in case it doesn't like my PS/2 to AT-Din converter cable.   But, other than this, anyone have any ideas on what to try next?    I could take down another computer and try to load it there, which is my next logical step but thought I'd ask here to see if anyone has any ideas. 
> 
> TIA for any hints,
> Andrew in Des Moines
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