Fedora Core 3 Not Booting To Graphical Screen..., urgent...

[Criminal#58369]

just bought a new hp 705-w-b, it came with windows xp home, i want to install fedora core 3 on it, i boot fedora and it goes to the front install, then i press enter, it says something about booting or what ever, and then stops, and restarts the machine, how do i fix this? Whats the problem? I just bought it today, and its from walmart. Any help? Oh yeah and it has windows xp home edition service pack 2 if it makes any difference...
Heres the link to my computer i just bought: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...%3A3944%3A3951

Ok I start up the system it says hp, and the intel logo.

You see the screen where it says " Fedora" logo, then i hit enter for the graphical user setup to install or upgrade. I hit enter.

Then it says:
Uncompressing Linux, Ok Booting The kernal.

And thats all i see... then it just restarts the pc and it comes back to the same screen when u boot it up.

I have successfully put in my other cd which has redhat linux enterprise as 3 on it, and i boot it, and i hit enter and it goes to the graphical install screen however i didnt install it because i want fedora core 3.

I just cant understand it, i know the cds work, i have used them before. Just tryed a new burned copy of feddora core 3 disk one, and it doesnt work either!

Can anyone plz, plz help me?

[imdeemvp]

During installation was video, monitor and mouse detected?

[Criminal#58369]

The keyboard was detected, because i pressed enter to start booting up for the installation... And i could see the main graphix for when u press enter... but then it rebooted...Do i have to use partition magic or what? Or can i just overwrite all data on the hd?

[imdeemvp]

You may need to re-install and when you do read each step so you can learn the process: http://www.fedoranews.org/contributo...nley/fc3_note/

[Criminal#58369]

I have installed fedora on another computer, so i know how to set it up, ok heres a lil more info. Ok i bought the computer today, it came with xphome service pack 2, ok, now i want to just overwrite xp, and just use linux on the computer. Do i have to use partition majic? Or can i just boot the os. See for example, i put my redhat linux enterprise as 3 cd1 in and it boots to the installation screen, and i can install it, but with fedora when i boot the 1st cd, and press enter like in redhatlinuxenterprise, it just reboots. You see what im saying?..?

[imdeemvp]

This is what you can do it you have a flopply on it. Download powermax hard drive tools from www.maxtor.com and create a bootup floppy and use the low-level feature it has to wipe out your entire drive. Or you can just use partition commander or partiton to erase the drive..

Or you can use this tool: http://www.partimage.org/

[Criminal#58369]

But i have a question.... How come redhat linux enterprise boots up and lets me setup to install, but not fedora doesnt let me boot it up and do the same thing?...?

I have some images i want u to see:
This is a pic of the pc starting up:
http://69.143.70.187:8100/New%20Folder/100_0179.JPG
This is a pic of fedora core:
http://69.143.70.187:8100/New%20Folder/100_0167.JPG
That is as far as it will go.


NOw this is a pic of redhat linux enterprise booting up from the cd...:
http://69.143.70.187:8100/New%20Folder/100_0180.JPG
This is after i hit enter:
http://69.143.70.187:8100/New%20Folder/100_0181.JPG
After the above text:
http://69.143.70.187:8100/New%20Folder/100_0182.JPG
The redhat linux enterprise installtion screen:
http://69.143.70.187:8100/New%20Folder/100_0185.JPG

See i cant do the same for fedora as i have done for rehat linux enterprise...

Also i want to find out something, if i install redhat linux enterprise, and if it works, can i just do a clean install of fedora, and it work? Or do i have to whipe the drive clean?...