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ddcruver · #1 5th December 2006, 21:45

When loading Fedora Core 6 installer it seems to load ok untill it gets to the part where it launches anaconda and detects my nvidia graphic card but once it leaves that screen and enters the a black screen with an X shaped cursor it stops and does not load. I do not know what could be causing this issue. Could it possibly be my graphics cards or the ICHR6 Intel Raid Setup that it can not detext?

falko · #2 6th December 2006, 18:04

Have you tried the text-based setup? You can choose it when you boot from the installation CD.

ddcruver · #3 7th December 2006, 08:10

Tried it in text mode like you said here is the results:

It continued like it did the first time. The Anaconda Installer Loaded and nVidia Card was found. But instead of going to a black screen with a x shaped cursor it went to a solid blue screen and it statyed that way.

Also want to not that I did check my CDs with the built in checker to make sure they were not curropted cds.

Then tried linux text noprobe skipddc and it went throught the text based installation fine but when I got to adding disks it did not find them because I did not add any devices.

Then tried linux text skipddc but this inturn got me another solid blue screen where I saw nothing and could not do nothing.

falko · #4 8th December 2006, 14:34

It seems that your hardware is too new for Fedora 6... Maybe you should try another distribution, maybe Ubuntu or even OpenSuSE (although I don't like SuSE).

ddcruver · #5 9th December 2006, 04:16

I could of sworn I installed Fedora Core 5 on my Desktop with no problems and I am just wondering why it wont let me install Fedora Core 6. I just really wanted to see how the desktop composition tecnology is going for fedora. I am a big fan of opengl and I wanted to see a operating system make full use of it. But ok well maybe I will look around to another one but I am partial to FC.

Exo · #6 13th December 2006, 01:47

Hello,

I have the EXACT same problem as you. The problem for me seems to have been something to do with the SATA controller as even if i broke the RAID array and just had 2 individual drives the installation would halt at the same point. However if i pulled the second hard drive and just used a single drive the installation succeeded.

The odd thing is that as you mentioned, i also had Fedora Core 5 successfully installed on this system with the RAID array active.

FYI my system specs:

X6800
Intel D975XBX2 Board
4GB (4x1024MB) DDR2
2x Leadtek Quadro 4500 X2 graphics boards

ddcruver · #7 13th December 2006, 02:55

Well wish I could do that but I am running under raid one on the drives i want to install on. So that leaves me with the only option of installing it on an external or scale back my raid one drive which currently is used for storage.

First RAID 0 2 Raptors for pure speed
Second RAID 1 Two 250 for mirrored storage

I think i might end up buying a ide controller for more dirves so i can install linux on it without raid. Any suggestions on a raid control that is guarenteed to work with fedora core 6? Anyone?