From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: When starting installation with option 'text ide=nodma', anaconda crashes. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.at boot: prompt, type 'linux text ide=nodma' 2. 3. Actual Results: Running anaconda - please wait... Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 35, in ? import traceback File "/usr/lib/python1.5/traceback.py", line 6, in ? import types File "/usr/lib/python1.5/types.py", line 53 r ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done disabling swap... unmounting filesystems... /proc/bus/usb /mnt/runtime /mnt/source umount failed () /dev/pts /proc you may safely reboot your system Expected Results: Installation process allows user to select installation options. Additional info: Attempt to install using 'linux ide=nodma' without text mode also crashed, but caused different output. See my next bug report!
It seems like you have a bad cd. When the installer crashes, press <Ctrl><Alt><F4> and see if there are any error messages.
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