Installed FC4, kernel panics, can't re-install from CDROM

[Sune Ahlgren]

Hi,

I'm having serious problems with installing FC on a Dell laptop. I first tried FC6, but it failed. I took the same disks that failed and installed them on a HP/Compaq nw8440 without any other problem than having to do ACPI=off. I went back to FC4 which I've run before and tried to install that on the Dell laptop, it looked ok during installation, but when I tried to run yum everything fell apart. Nothing worked and when I checked the installation log a huge list of rpms that failed to install were logged. When re-booting I got a kernel panic with a screen shot identical to the 'garbage problem' which has been reported in several other threads.

The only thing I want to do is to try to install FCx but my PC does not boot from the CD-ROM. Yes, I've chosen the CD-ROM to be read first at boot :p but it only starts to read to boot CD and then rejects it and boots from the HD.

Can some one give me a hint. Any level of brutality is ok.

BRs
/Sune

[JungleNut]

I went back to FC4 which I've run before and tried to install that on the Dell laptop, it looked ok during installation, but when I tried to run yum everything fell apart.

I may be wrong but AFAIK FC4 is not supported any more and can't be updated with yum.

it only starts to read to boot CD and then rejects it and boots from the HD

The only time I have come across this problem, it was a faulty CD drive which could see the disc but not read it. I replaced the drive and all was well.