CentOS - Oct 2009 - trouble isntallint 5.2 in virtualbox

Hi!

I'm using Virtualbox 3.08, have several other VMs in it, but cannot
boot the Centos 5.4 (i386) DVD far enough to even reach Anaconda...

I've tried all the various virtualbox and boot options I can think of and
it always sticks in the same place:

NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
NET: Registered protocol family 2

and there it hangs. I've left it for several minutes.

I also tried the iso image of 5.3 that I still have. same thing.

FWIW, Fedora 12 beta installs fine, no trouble at all.

Suggestions, please?

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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 09:27:18PM -0400, fred smith
wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm using Virtualbox 3.08, have several other VMs in it, but cannot
> boot the Centos 5.4 (i386) DVD far enough to even reach Anaconda...
> 
> I've tried all the various virtualbox and boot options I can think of
and
> it always sticks in the same place:
> 
> NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
> NET: Registered protocol family 2
> 
> and there it hangs. I've left it for several minutes.
> 
> I also tried the iso image of 5.3 that I still have. same thing.
> 
> FWIW, Fedora 12 beta installs fine, no trouble at all.
> 
> Suggestions, please?
replying to self: I sure can't type!
the subject should be "installing" and "5.4", not 5.2. Duh.

Still, suggestions are welcome.

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