dragburn Report post Posted February 11, 2005 ok i have a problem when trying to install it on a comp in my house... first of all the comp has no os at all so booting from the cds is no problem...the real problem comes in when it comes to a graphical screen showing a large desktop style background that has "fedora" printed accross it. the screen begins flashing with this and about 5-6 splits of the same image happen and are still flashing.it looks like the mouse cursor over just a kinda blue background. then a scroll feature saying the exact same thing in each one pops up with what looks like installation instructions.(screen still flashing) at this point i cannot go further due to lack of being able to read the instructions from all of the flashing... -_-;; any help would be welcomed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malaclypse Report post Posted February 11, 2005 Have you tried installing using the text mode installation method? There's some kernel option which you can choose at boot time for this. Look at the function keys, that are listed on the boot screen. This sounds as X can't find proper modelines for your monitor. It would imho be best then to install in text mode, skip the automatic X configuration at the end of the installation and do this manually, after the first reboot. Maybe someone else knows a better solution, that avoids configuring X manually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goatsgomoo Report post Posted February 11, 2005 Just wondering... are the FD3 disks boot disks or install disks? When I try to boot from them, I go straight to Win XP... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leeloo Report post Posted February 11, 2005 Just wondering... are the FD3 disks boot disks or install disks? When I try to boot from them, I go straight to Win XP... Both. You need to boot from them to start the installer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lachesis Report post Posted February 11, 2005 I know that issue from pc pools at our university. You may laugh, but the only thing that helped was switching to a text console and back (restarting X did not). With regards Lachesis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragburn Report post Posted February 12, 2005 ok ill try those suggestions guys. btw- thx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
