Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-02-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 13:41 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > I remember at one time being able to have the checksum program compare > the results to the checksum file. Worked great when you were summing > a dozen CDs, but can't seem to find the documentation on that feature > right now. man shasum

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-02-01 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Reg Clemens wrote: > > On 10-01-31 18:51:00, Patrick > Bartek wrote: > > > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson > > > > wrote: > >  ... > > > > All disks always fail the built-in test > here, due to the > > > > permanent kernel bug.  A more robust test > is: > > > > > > > >  

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-02-01 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 10-01-31 18:51:00, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson > > > wrote: > ... > > > All disks always fail the built-in test here, due > to the > > > permanent kernel bug.  A more robust test is: > > > > > >     # cmp /dev/dvd /

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-02-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 01 February 2010, Reg Clemens wrote: >> On 10-01-31 18:51:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson >> > wrote: >> >> ... >> >> > > All disks always fail the built-in test here, due to the >> > > permanent kernel bug. A more robust test is: >> > > >> > > # cmp

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-31 Thread Reg Clemens
> On 10-01-31 18:51:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson > > wrote: > ... > > > All disks always fail the built-in test here, due to the > > > permanent kernel bug.  A more robust test is: > > > > > >     # cmp /dev/dvd /path/to/iso > > > > You can also verify the bur

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-31 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-01-31 18:51:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson > wrote: ... > > All disks always fail the built-in test here, due to the > > permanent kernel bug.  A more robust test is: > > > >     # cmp /dev/dvd /path/to/iso > > You can also verify the burn by > >sha256s

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-31 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 10-01-31 10:12:16, Tim wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 13:50 -0500, Joe Woodruff > wrote: > > > Disc's 1 & 3 failed Linux test at > installation. Burned Disk 1 twice > > > more and still fails.  Went ahead with > installation. > > > > You're asking f

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-31 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-01-31 10:12:16, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 13:50 -0500, Joe Woodruff wrote: > > Disc's 1 & 3 failed Linux test at installation. Burned Disk 1 twice > > more and still fails. Went ahead with installation. > > You're asking for trouble going ahead under that condition. Try and > reso

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-31 Thread Les
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 01:42 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 13:50 -0500, Joe Woodruff wrote: > > Disc's 1 & 3 failed Linux test at installation. Burned Disk 1 twice > > more and still fails. Went ahead with installation. > > You're asking for trouble going ahead under that condition.

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-31 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 13:50 -0500, Joe Woodruff wrote: > Disc's 1 & 3 failed Linux test at installation. Burned Disk 1 twice > more and still fails. Went ahead with installation. You're asking for trouble going ahead under that condition. Try and resolve the failing disc burning issue, first. B

Re: Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-31 Thread Kevin Kofler
Joe Woodruff wrote: > After re-starting computer and logging into root, only get CLI operability > and can't seem to get a GUI. Text-mode installs default to not starting X11 by default. After logging in as root, run: sed -i -e 's/id:3:initdefault/id:5:initdefault/g' /etc/inittab Alternatively,

Fedora 12 Installation problem

2010-01-30 Thread Joe Woodruff
Hi folks, I've been trying to install Fedora 12 on a Dell Latitude C600, (Pentium III 750/600 MHz; 256 MB RAM; 250 KB Level 2 Cache; 8 MB Video Memory; ATI M3 Video Controller) Downloaded iso files from Fedora Project, Verified integrity with sha256sum.exe, burned to 5 CD's. Disc's 1 & 3 failed Li