fedora core 6 wont install at all

[dhaulk]

I cant get fedora core 6 to install my machine just keeps restarting right at the start of install.
My pc specs are.

AMD Athlon xp 2200
Syntax K7S746FX Mobo
geforce FX 5900XT
D-Link DWL-G520 wireless network card
2GB pc3200 ddr
120 gb seagate ide hd
20 gb western digital hd

I used partition magic and it wouldnt load. So I took out the 120 and tried with just the 20 and it wouldn't load. Finally I downloaded the fedora core 6 live cd and it wouldn't boot either. It would start to boot then the pc would restart.

[stevea]

Try gparted live - PM isn't robust,
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Can you boot a knoppix CD ?

Not obvious why you'd get the reboots. That's odd. All I can suggest is that you try "linux i686" from the FC6 first install screen. Also try the text based install, but the FX5900XT isn't that exotic.

[dhaulk]

Ok I figured it out my mobo bios had apic enabled and when I disabled it the live cd runs fine now gonna try the dual boot with xp

[stevea]

OK - you did a great job finding the problem.
I'd suggest tho' that you'll may want to boot kernels with the "apic=off" option on the kernel command line.

*AFTER* you install FC6 you may need to reboot the CD in rescue mode and edit the file in /boot/grub/grub.config so that "apic=off" appears on the ends of the kernel lines like:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5 ro root=/dev/hda4 rhgb quiet acpi=off

[jesus5511]

You don't have enough RAM.

[dhaulk]

Originally Posted by jesus5511

You don't have enough RAM.

Say what I have 2 GB's of ram if that isn't enough then exactly how much do I need to run fedora?

[clone11]

how do you turn the acpi off?

[dhaulk]

Originally Posted by clone11

how do you turn the acpi off?

I have a setting in my mobo bios that allows me to enable or disable the acpi. But it wasn't acpi that was causing the problem it was the IO APIC Support that was causing the problem and after I disabled that everything runs fine.

[jesus5511]

Originally Posted by dhaulk

Say what I have 2 GB's of ram if that isn't enough then exactly how much do I need to run fedora?

2.5GB DDR8900

[dhaulk]

Originally Posted by jesus5511

2.5GB DDR8900

well I guess I could rob a gig from wifes puter lol wonder if she would notice I do have 3 memory slots. Maybe I'll just tell her that stick was compatible with her system. lol or maybe that my other 2 sticks were lonely.

[barf]

Originally Posted by jesus5511

2.5GB DDR8900

When folks are looking for help this sort of dick head comment is not what they need