I haven't been able to install Fedora Core 4 from either CD or DVD.
At some seemly random point during the package installation, the
installer returns a fatal error. I've checked the install log and the
error is either that some file wasn't found in the archive or that the
check-sum didn't match.

I verified the check-sums on the iso images before burning and I've
checked the disk for errors during the install process.

I've swapped the DVD drives and tried installing to different
partitions and hard-drives.

The failures have occurred after installing a few 100MB to over 2G. I
did manage to get a "minimal install" to work, but then couldn't
figure out how to get it updated with everything I wanted on the
system.

If anyone has any suggestions on what else to try that would be
appreciated. Or possibly how to get a full install from a minimally
installed system, I'm somewhat familiar with using rpm, but not enough
to figure out how to automatically select all the dependent packages
and use it to update the kernel with the appropriate drivers for the
system.

thanks.

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Ken Tew wrote:
> I haven't been able to install Fedora Core 4 from either CD or DVD.
> At some seemly random point during the package installation, the
> installer returns a fatal error. I've checked the install log and the
> error is either that some file wasn't found in the archive or that the
> check-sum didn't match.

I had a similar problem. At first, I partitioned the drive using LVM.
It would install for a minute or two and then abort with a fatal error.
So, I deleted the LVM partition and created a normal primary
partition, instead. After that, the install went fine.

So, if you are using LVM, delete it and create a normal primary
partition.

Le Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:08:29 -0800, kg a écrit*:

> Ken Tew wrote:
>> I haven't been able to install Fedora Core 4 from either CD or DVD.
>> At some seemly random point during the package installation, the
>> installer returns a fatal error.

I had somtimes ago a similar problem: the RAM was faulty. Did you check
yours? Try memtest86+ (you can find it on the web both floppy and cdrom
version.

--
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte

Ken Tew wrote:
> I haven't been able to install Fedora Core 4 from either CD or DVD.
> At some seemly random point during the package installation, the
> installer returns a fatal error. I've checked the install log and the
> error is either that some file wasn't found in the archive or that the
> check-sum didn't match.
>
> I verified the check-sums on the iso images before burning and I've
> checked the disk for errors during the install process.
>
> I've swapped the DVD drives and tried installing to different
> partitions and hard-drives.
>
> The failures have occurred after installing a few 100MB to over 2G. I
> did manage to get a "minimal install" to work, but then couldn't
> figure out how to get it updated with everything I wanted on the
> system.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions on what else to try that would be
> appreciated. Or possibly how to get a full install from a minimally
> installed system, I'm somewhat familiar with using rpm, but not enough
> to figure out how to automatically select all the dependent packages
> and use it to update the kernel with the appropriate drivers for the
> system.
>
> thanks.

also ensure your BIOS HDD parameters in IDE configuration screen is set
to "Auto" (and using LBA) -- specific Info on your system and
components would help. Have you ever had an OS working on there?