[vox-tech] vox-tech Digest, Vol 109, Issue 5

Cylar Z cylarz at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 30 15:57:43 PDT 2013 

It's got an Nvidia 8800 GTX graphics card. That should be more than enough to run GNOME. Handles Windows XP without any problems. Even if that were the problem, it seems like I'd simply get a prominent error message saying that my system doesn't meet the requirements, instead of just sitting there without offering me the install options.


 
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Today's Topics:

   1. Fedora install question (Cylar Z)
   2. FW:  Fedora install question (pksky at finestplanet.com)


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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:40:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cylar Z <cylarz at yahoo.com>
Subject: [vox-tech] Fedora install question
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Hey all,

Has anyone worked with Fedora 18? I tried installing the GNOME version of it today, and so I downloaded the image, burned it to a DVD and booted from that on the workstation where I want to install it.

After what seemed like a ridiculously long load time, I finally got to the opening screen that says "Fedora 18." I was given the option of logging on as a "Fedora live user" or "other." I picked the first option and it says, "Logged on" but then the computer just sits there. I thought it would then take me to another screen where I'd be offered the option of continuing to run the "live" version or installing the OS to my hard disk, but neither was presented. I checked the manual on the fedoraproject.org website and it says I'm supposed to be offered this option.

I went to "shutdown" and as the computer was preparing to turn itself off, I noticed some red text, possibly including some error messages, but they went by too fast for me to read before the system shut down.

Any suggestions? I was thinking of trying again with the KDE version but was afraid of having the same results.

As an aside, I don't have any particular loyalty to RedHat, other than that I've worked with it in the past and am used to the RPM system for installing packages. I'm still kind of green when it comes to Linux, but I wanted to have a "real" server where I could log in as root and play around with the command line and GUI interfaces. (I'm thinking of becoming Linux+ certified and thought it might benefit me to learn hands-on.) I thought about using Ubuntu instead but it isn't really what I had in mind.

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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:33:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: pksky at finestplanet.com
Subject: [vox-tech] FW:  Fedora install question
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You might consider that your hardware is to slow to support the version of Fedora you are installing.  Try installing a version more contemporary with the first release of the hardware you are using.

Paul Pikowsky

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From: "Cylar Z" <cylarz at yahoo.com>
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Subject: [vox-tech] Fedora install question




Hey all,


Has anyone worked with Fedora 18? I tried installing the GNOME version of it today, and so I downloaded the image, burned it to a DVD and booted from that on the workstation where I want to install it.


After what seemed like a ridiculously long load time, I finally got to the opening screen that says "Fedora 18." I was given the option of logging on as a "Fedora live user" or "other." I picked the first option and it says, "Logged on" but then the computer just sits there. I thought it would then take me to another screen where I'd be offered the option of continuing to run the "live" version or installing the OS to my hard disk, but neither was presented. I checked the manual on the fedoraproject.org website and it says I'm supposed to be offered this option.


I went to "shutdown" and as the computer was preparing to turn itself off, I noticed some red text, possibly including some error messages, but they went by too fast for me to read before the system shut down.


Any suggestions? I was thinking of trying again with the KDE version but was afraid of having the same results.


As an aside, I don't have any particular loyalty to RedHat, other than that I've worked with it in the past and am used to the RPM system for installing packages. I'm still kind of green when it comes to Linux, but I wanted to have a "real" server where I could log in as root and play around with the command line and GUI interfaces. (I'm thinking of becoming Linux+ certified and thought it might benefit me to learn hands-on.) I thought about using Ubuntu instead but it isn't really what I had in mind.

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