[ale] FC-7 install -- trying again

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 13:46 -0400, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> I am beginning to think I am cursed.

You are. :)
> 
> Gave up and obtained on-line from ON-Disk.com a fresh DVD
> copy of FC-7.
> 
> Finally have time to install it on a new box.
> Install initially dies on Check media, telling me that Disc 1 is
> bad.  If I skip that step the install begins just fine, then craps out
> after loading two drivers, checking on language and keyboard.

If the media check fails don't waste time on the install. The disk may
or may not be bad. The drive may be flaky( or the cable, or the board).
But if the media check can't get a good verify on the disk, the install
has a very high likelihood of failure.
> 
> I get this message:
> 
> Running anaconda, the Fedora system installer - please wait ...
> exec of anaconda failed: Accessing a corrupted shared library
> install exited abnormally [1/1]
> sending terminations signals ... done
> sending kill signals ... done
> disabling swap ...
> unmounting file systems ...
> 
> WTF
> Any clues would be appreciated.
> I have contacted the vendor, but no answer so far.
> 
> Sean
> 
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