Today night I tried to install FC4 on my home PC and failed. Right after the boot prompt of the installation CD (after I press Enter to continue) I get kernel panic and a lot of crap on the screen.
After browsing the fedora buglist I found that many people have same problem (especially on Intel mainboards – the one I have). Guys even posted a screenshot here and here.
![here](\"http://ricky.homelinux.org/boot.jpg\"){kind=link}
![here](\"http://www.linuxin.dk/pictures/cimg1244.jpg\"){kind=link}
From the list of possible solutions:
- check your RAM first! (my works fine)
- try booting with \’pci=nosort text\’ options
- install bootloaded using older versions and then try to boot kernel from cd using bootloader installed on harddisk
- the most funny, but works in many cases: try to write some crap at the installation boot prompt when it first appears and after getting an error that such image is missing – press enter to boot default image.
I haven\’t tried any of the above, but I will definitely do when I get to my PC.