From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from kay.blacknight.ie ([81.17.248.21]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GffoI-00017v-00 for ; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:52:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:50:50 +0000 Received: from [62.253.227.196] by kay.blacknight.ie via HTTP; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:50:50 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Cannot install Fedora Core 6 From: "Darragh" To: CC: Message-ID: <28661e77eacb4c19b83e7e1b463ecf9a@digitaldarragh.com> X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: lists@digitaldarragh.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:52:58 -0000 Hay there.=0D=0A=0D=0AIt sounds exactly like the problem I encountered a we= ek ago.=0D=0A=0D=0AThankfully, with sighted assistance I used the graphical= installer and didn't encounter this problem.=0D=0A=0D=0AI think it will wo= rk for you if you choose to install virtualization. Let me know how you ge= t on. I'm very interested in this as it drove me crazy for days!=0D=0A=0D= =0AThanks=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A-------- Original Message --------=0D=0A> From: = "Buddy Brannan" =0D=0A> Sent: 02 November 2006 16:25=0D= =0A> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." =0D=0A> Subject: Re: Cannot install Fedora Core 6=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I'm a= ctually having a different problem installing FC6. (Yes, I've decided =0D= =0A> to change from Debian and try out Fedora.) Any help would be much =0D= =0A> appreciated.=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I tried installing off CD's, and it goes t= hrough all the dependency checks =0D=0A> and all that, then it bombs out sa= ying it can't find some package. In this =0D=0A> case, it's one of the open= office packages. This package, I note, is on disc =0D=0A> #3 or #4 (pretty = sure it's #3), but it never asks for discs after the first. =0D=0A> I check= ed, and df showed no CD mounted, so I changed to a different disc. =0D=0A> = The installation griped when I pressed "Try again" and asked for Fedora =0D= =0A> Disc -99 (negative 99?!)=0D=0A> =0D=0A> This all happens when Fedora's= copying the installation image after all the =0D=0A> dependency checks. Ne= edsless to say...I now have a shiny Linux system with =0D=0A> nothing on it= !=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I had a similar problem when installing over NFS. In this = case, I put all =0D=0A> the CDROM images in a folder, along with their cont= ents (in directories =0D=0A> called Disc1 through Disc5). Ever tried findin= g an NFS server for Windows? =0D=0A> Anyway... I even tried to do a hard di= sk install, as I had the CD images on =0D=0A> a next3 partition on the mach= ine I was installing on, and the boot CD or the =0D=0A> rescue CD wouldn't = mount my ext3 partition to find the CD images (it wanted =0D=0A> a FAT file= system...go figure!)=0D=0A> =0D=0A> So, now I'm downloading the DVD image = and will try to install over NFS with =0D=0A> it, since my Linux machine do= esn't have a DVD-ROM. Meantime, I expect I'll =0D=0A> run into this again, = so if anyone has any brilliant ideas on what steps I =0D=0A> missed or how = to work around this, I'd appreciate.=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Thanks :) =0D=0A> =0D= =0A> =0D=0A> _______________________________________________=0D=0A> Speakup= mailing list=0D=0A> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca=0D=0A> http://speech.braille.uw= o.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup =0D=0A