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fails in the same place there. If you purchased this disk with a Linux dis- tribution, contact the distribution s technical support team. If you gotthe disk with a book, contact the publisher s technical support team. Ifyou burned the disk yourself, try burning a new copy at a slower speed. If this problem happens repeatedly at exactly the same spot and youdon t have a bad installation disk, the trouble may be with one ofyour machine s hardware components.If you can, try trading hardwarebetween machines. If not, you may need to choose a different machineon which to install Linux or try another distribution. If the problem seems to happen randomly, your particular Linux dis- tribution may not be compatible with that particular machine.Again, you can try trading some hardware around, installing Linux on anothermachine, or using another distribution. If you re not sure whether your installer has frozen, try pressing various combinations of Alt+F#, where # corresponds to one of the function keys. Depending on the distribution, the installer has not completely frozen if you can see different screens when you try this technique. For Fedora Core Users with CD-ROMsWhen installing Red Hat Linux 7.3 or later (Fedora Core 3 is considered later ), a special solution is available to people who run into problems that seem tohave absolutely no explanation, such as the installer freezing. This solution doesn t work with the DVD provided with this book, because itcontains more than just the Fedora software, so continue with this sectiononly if you downloaded your own DVD or purchased it from a third party, or ifyou downloaded or otherwise acquired the Fedora CDs. If your installation keeps dying while Anaconda (the Red Hat installer program) is placing packages on your hard drive, follow these steps to try to fix it: 1.Place the DVD-ROM or the first Fedora Core CD-ROM into your drive. 2.Reboot the machine. 3.Wait until you reach the boot screen where you usually press Enter tostart the installation. If you reach a graphical installation screen, you missed the screen you relooking for. You need to reboot, repeat this step, and then proceed. 4.At the prompt, type linux mediacheckand then press Enter. Text scrolls by, and then you see a screen with a bright blue background. Then the CD Found dialog box appears. 371Chapter 20: Ten Troubleshooting Tips28_