[Leaplist] Small F7 install problem ....

[William A. Mahaffey III]

.... I am trying to get Fedora 7 (x86_64, newly burned last night) to 
install on a newly upgraded box, using a Gigabyte P965-DS3 mbd, Intel 
Q6600 CPU, 4 X 2 GB Patriot DDR2-800 RAM (8 GB total), 2 X Seagate 80 GB 
7200.10 HDD's in RAID-0 using onboard GSATAII controller. I booted UBCD 
4.1.1 & ran memtest86 v3.3 for about 21 hours (7 passes complete, no 
errors), then ran 1 of the CPU stressers just for grins for about 4 
hours. Then I launched into the actual install. I initially had problems 
getting the install-kernel to boot, it kept panicking. I removed 3 of 
the DIMMs, leaving 1 (2 GB) DIMM installed & the installer kicked off 
AOK. I completed the install, the RAID0 was correctly identified during 
install, partitioned, & the install completed quietly up to the point 
where it says to remove the install media & reboot. I did so, but it 
won't reboot. POST completes AOK, then .... *nothing*. No flashing from 
the CDROM or HDD lights, just the end of the PCI devices list (in 
console mode) & a flashing cursor. I googled a bit, but everything 
seemed to be geared towards WINXP, so no obvious clues. There was 1 
thread on FedoraForums alluding to the above problem w/ too much RAM for 
the install kernel (& w/ no good solution ....), but nothing matched my 
problem. Any clues/help/suggestions ? TIA ....

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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