Fedora 6.

[boxxertrumps]

I have it on my comp right now.
No problems during install.
I'm ecstatic as it boots up for the first time, theres some text describing the different modules and junk that are loading.

A couple seconds later, my monitors show a "input not supported" message bouncing around the screen.
I'm using an asus motherboard with an x1300 ati video card. The card isn't the problem though, i took it out and used my CRT monitor with the on-board video...
nothing about this in the fedora FAQs either. there's something about an ati driver in the fedora forums, but i haven't even been able to logon yet, nevermind install stuff.
(using the kubuntu live cd right now)
Any suggestions?

[Twey]

I'd guess your refresh rate or resolution is set too high, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and edit it. The FC6 install is a bit unstable, it detects quite a few things wrongly (for me it was ACPI, and it failed to install GRUB properly too). Works nicely once you get it going, though.

[boxxertrumps]

i don't have any idea how to access my hd's file system without using fedora.
And when i startup with command line, i only have minimal bash to work with.
Do you mean the command "edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf"?

[boogyman]

is fedora an OS ?

[Twey]

And when i startup with command line, i only have minimal bash to work with.Generally, you'll have at least one editor -- try nano or vim.
i don't have any idea how to access my hd's file system without using fedora.Depends where it's located. If it's the second partition on the first IDE hard drive (the most common setup, since the first partition is dedicated to the bootloader), you could do:
# mkdir /mnt/fedora
# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/fedoraYour filesystem would then be accessible under /mnt/fedora, and to edit your X11 config you would do:
# nano -w /mnt/fedora/etc/X11/xorg.conf

[boxxertrumps]

Im unhappy now.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/fedora
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/fedora
mount: /dev/hda2 already mounted or /mnt/fedora busy
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo umount /dev/hda2
umount: /dev/hda2: not mounted
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
What does it mean by busy?

[Twey]

It means you've already got it mounted somewhere, look through the directories in /mnt. In fact, if I remember correctly, the Ubuntu LiveCD automatically mounts everything it can find in directories under /mnt, so Fedora should be in /mnt/hda2.

[boxxertrumps]

but when i tried to unmount it, it said it wasn't mounted...
very confused...

[Twey]

Oh, yeah... do a simple
# mountand see what's mounted where.

[boxxertrumps]

unionfs on / type unionfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)

Nothing incriminating.
Looked throught the directories, none of them are the main partition.

[Twey]

And you're sure it is /dev/hda2? Try the others if you're not sure where you left your filesystem :p

[boxxertrumps]

...
It appears to be nowhere.
none of the mount points are my 2nd partition.
there's boot, then storage then swap partitions.
i dont get it.

[Twey]

Erm, the storage sounds about right...

[lainlives]

when i had a problem with my OS's i would use Knoppix and EVERY filesystem was mounted already (even the 1.2 meg ones that a winme install made)
so thats what i use in os recovery if possible try to get that one
for futer purposes

[boxxertrumps]

Yeah, cant mount hda2 at all with kubuntu.
i'll get knoppix then, see how that turns out.

[jr_yeo]

FC6 is not too complicated to install :p But like Twey said,

The FC6 install is a bit unstable, it detects quite a few things wrongly