On 10/09/2010 11:23 AM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB RAM.
> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>
> Rod McCown><>
> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
> Fishermen Chapter
> Christian Motorcyclist Association
> 817-395-3029
> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>
> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>
Can you boot the F13 dvd in rescue mode?
Sure, it will not find an installation, that's OK.
You will get a shell.

From the shell see if you can use either parted
or fdisk and see if they freeze.
If so, you might have some HD hardware or connector problem.

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Already done that, and can build and save partitions, freezes when
formatting filesystems. I just successfully loaded Mandrake 8.1 a couple of
days ago, so I'm pretty sure that the hardware is ok. I'm downloading
Fedora 10 right now to see if maybe it will load.

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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 1:42 PM
To: Community support for Fedora users
Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install

On 10/09/2010 11:23 AM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
RAM.
> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>
> Rod McCown><>
> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
> Fishermen Chapter
> Christian Motorcyclist Association
> 817-395-3029
> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>
> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>
Can you boot the F13 dvd in rescue mode?
Sure, it will not find an installation, that's OK.
You will get a shell.

From the shell see if you can use either parted
or fdisk and see if they freeze.
If so, you might have some HD hardware or connector problem.

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On 10/09/2010 11:52 AM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Already done that, and can build and save partitions, freezes when
> formatting filesystems. I just successfully loaded Mandrake 8.1 a couple of
> days ago, so I'm pretty sure that the hardware is ok. I'm downloading
> Fedora 10 right now to see if maybe it will load.
>
> Rod McCown><>
> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
> Fishermen Chapter
> Christian Motorcyclist Association
> 817-395-3029
> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>
> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org
> [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 1:42 PM
> To: Community support for Fedora users
> Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install
>
> On 10/09/2010 11:23 AM, Rod McCown wrote:
>> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
>> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
> RAM.
>> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
>> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>>
>> Rod McCown><>
>> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
>> Fishermen Chapter
>> Christian Motorcyclist Association
>> 817-395-3029
>> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>>
>> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>>
> Can you boot the F13 dvd in rescue mode?
> Sure, it will not find an installation, that's OK.
> You will get a shell.
>
> From the shell see if you can use either parted
> or fdisk and see if they freeze.
> If so, you might have some HD hardware or connector problem.
>
When you boot the DVD for installing, do you let it
check the media for sanity? There might be some
bad spots on the media. It has happened to me a few times.

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On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 13:23 -0500, Rod McCown wrote:
> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB RAM.
> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?

What kind of graphics card do you have? It might have to do with that.
I ran into the same problem with my Intel 855 chipset. This was (sorta)
fixed (more like a workaround) in the F14 beta. It just so happened to
freeze during the partitioning procedure, but had nothing to do with it.

HTH,

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On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 13:23 -0500, Rod McCown wrote:
> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB RAM.
> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>
What kind of graphics card do you have? It might have to do with that.
I ran into the same problem with my Intel 855 chipset. This was (sorta)
fixed (more like a workaround) in the F14 beta. It just so happened to
freeze during the partitioning procedure, but had nothing to do with it.

HTH,
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Using an ATI Rage, AGP card. There is an install option to use different
video drivers. I'll give that a shot before I give up and try version 10.
Thanks

Rod McCown ><>
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817-395-3029
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"UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Greg Bair
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:44 PM
To: Community support for Fedora users
Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install

On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 13:23 -0500, Rod McCown wrote:
> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
RAM.
> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>
What kind of graphics card do you have? It might have to do with that.
I ran into the same problem with my Intel 855 chipset. This was (sorta)
fixed (more like a workaround) in the F14 beta. It just so happened to
freeze during the partitioning procedure, but had nothing to do with it.

HTH,
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On 10/09/2010 04:39 PM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Using an ATI Rage, AGP card. There is an install option to use different
> video drivers. I'll give that a shot before I give up and try version 10.
> Thanks
>
> Rod McCown><>
> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
> Fishermen Chapter
> Christian Motorcyclist Association
> 817-395-3029
> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>
> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Greg Bair
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:44 PM
> To: Community support for Fedora users
> Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install
>
> On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 13:23 -0500, Rod McCown wrote:
>> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
>> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
> RAM.
>> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
>> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>>
> What kind of graphics card do you have? It might have to do with that.
> I ran into the same problem with my Intel 855 chipset. This was (sorta)
> fixed (more like a workaround) in the F14 beta. It just so happened to
> freeze during the partitioning procedure, but had nothing to do with it.
>
> HTH,
Hi Rod, before you give up, did you
get my post re: letting Anaconda check the media
before proceeding with install?

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JD,
Yep, I saw that and gave it a try and it said there was an error, so
I cleaned the disk real good and then it was showed good. I also downloaded
the checksum file and it showed correct on all 5 install disk. I gave up
for the night to watch LSU-Florida. Try it again in the morning. Thanks all.

Rod McCown ><>
UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
Fishermen Chapter
Christian Motorcyclist Association
817-395-3029
rodmccown@aircanopy.net

"UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org
[mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 6:55 PM
To: Community support for Fedora users
Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install

On 10/09/2010 04:39 PM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Using an ATI Rage, AGP card. There is an install option to use different
> video drivers. I'll give that a shot before I give up and try version 10.
> Thanks
>
> Rod McCown><>
> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
> Fishermen Chapter
> Christian Motorcyclist Association
> 817-395-3029
> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>
> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org
> [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Greg Bair
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:44 PM
> To: Community support for Fedora users
> Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install
>
> On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 13:23 -0500, Rod McCown wrote:
>> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
>> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
> RAM.
>> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
>> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>>
> What kind of graphics card do you have? It might have to do with that.
> I ran into the same problem with my Intel 855 chipset. This was (sorta)
> fixed (more like a workaround) in the F14 beta. It just so happened to
> freeze during the partitioning procedure, but had nothing to do with it.
>
> HTH,
Hi Rod, before you give up, did you
get my post re: letting Anaconda check the media
before proceeding with install?

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On 10/09/2010 08:22 PM, Rod McCown wrote:
> JD,
> Yep, I saw that and gave it a try and it said there was an error, so
> I cleaned the disk real good and then it was showed good. I also downloaded
> the checksum file and it showed correct on all 5 install disk. I gave up
> for the night to watch LSU-Florida. Try it again in the morning. Thanks all.
>
> Rod McCown><>
> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
> Fishermen Chapter
> Christian Motorcyclist Association
> 817-395-3029
> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>
> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org
> [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 6:55 PM
> To: Community support for Fedora users
> Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install
>
> On 10/09/2010 04:39 PM, Rod McCown wrote:
>> Using an ATI Rage, AGP card. There is an install option to use different
>> video drivers. I'll give that a shot before I give up and try version 10.
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rod McCown><>
>> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
>> Fishermen Chapter
>> Christian Motorcyclist Association
>> 817-395-3029
>> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>>
>> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org
>> [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Greg Bair
>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:44 PM
>> To: Community support for Fedora users
>> Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install
>>
>> On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 13:23 -0500, Rod McCown wrote:
>>> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
>>> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
>> RAM.
>>> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
>>> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>>>
>> What kind of graphics card do you have? It might have to do with that.
>> I ran into the same problem with my Intel 855 chipset. This was (sorta)
>> fixed (more like a workaround) in the F14 beta. It just so happened to
>> freeze during the partitioning procedure, but had nothing to do with it.
>>
>> HTH,
> Hi Rod, before you give up, did you
> get my post re: letting Anaconda check the media
> before proceeding with install?
>
To save yourself the pain of inserting disc after disk,
why not download the DVD iso and burn it?
Some advice about burning data iso's:
1. Do not use media that is made for audio recording purposes.
There are media that are better suited to data.
2. when burning, set the drive speed to a low value. This
greatly reduces the likelihood of a bad burn.

Good luck,

JD

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Just an FYI. Apparently a 1GHz AMD Duron is not in the same class processor
as an Intel PII.( Minimum requirements for F-13 are PII w/ 384 MB of RAM) I
tried installing all of the way back to Fedora 8 with no luck. It just kept
stalling. I have successfully installed an old Mandrake 8.2 on it and it
runs great. Will be upgrading to Mandrake 10.2 tomorrow.
I just now got Fedora 10 installed on my old Dell laptop with a 750MHz PIII.
I have concluded that Fedora doesn't like some AMD processors. I'm curious
to know if anyone else has had problems with older AMD processors.

Rod McCown ><>
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Christian Motorcyclist Association
817-395-3029
rodmccown@aircanopy.net

"UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org
[mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 6:55 PM
To: Community support for Fedora users
Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install

On 10/09/2010 04:39 PM, Rod McCown wrote:
> Using an ATI Rage, AGP card. There is an install option to use different
> video drivers. I'll give that a shot before I give up and try version 10.
> Thanks
>
> Rod McCown><>
> UNIX Senior Systems Admin.
> Fishermen Chapter
> Christian Motorcyclist Association
> 817-395-3029
> rodmccown@aircanopy.net
>
> "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org
> [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Greg Bair
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:44 PM
> To: Community support for Fedora users
> Subject: Re: Fedora 13 install
>
> On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 13:23 -0500, Rod McCown wrote:
>> Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and
>> creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB
> RAM.
>> Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic
>> partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why?
>>
> What kind of graphics card do you have? It might have to do with that.
> I ran into the same problem with my Intel 855 chipset. This was (sorta)
> fixed (more like a workaround) in the F14 beta. It just so happened to
> freeze during the partitioning procedure, but had nothing to do with it.
>
> HTH,
Hi Rod, before you give up, did you
get my post re: letting Anaconda check the media
before proceeding with install?

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