> So that's okay... Have you checked the motherboard documentation - > there are a few m-board BIOS controlled things that when enabled > prevent writing to the boot sector of the hard drive (a virus > protection thing).
no, i didn't do that. > > Also, check your CD/DVD drive, since the I/O Error message could be > indicating that your CD/DVD drive isn't working. I know I have a lot > of old drives that don't work. Frys Electronics was having major > problems with drives made by "Emperex." It really very well could be > a problem with your hardware, though during the install process it is > *very* difficult to diagnose whether it's software or hardware > difficulties, since both are very often at fault. > > well, it's a brand new box with RH x86_64 Fedora 3 on it...
