Comment 61 for bug 59620

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In , Tim (tim-redhat-bugs) wrote :

This is a horrible horrible bug. Many thanks to Comment #11 From J.P. Gonzalez
for explaining why my Windows XP CD and my Windows XP Pro CD would not install
on my computer. I was ready to throw the whole computer out the window. The
Windows disks would say "Setup is inspecting your hardware configuration" and
then I'd get a blank screen and the computer would never recover. There weren't
many hints in that black screen, but I assumed the hardware was working because
I was able to install Fedora Core. Fortunately a Google search found Mr.
Gonzalez' comment above that Fedora Core 3 had caused the whole problem. When I
installed Red Hat 9 on that drive, removing every remnant of Fedora Core 3, the
Windows XP and Windows XP Pro installations worked fine. It seems this a bug in
Fedora Core 3 colliding with a worse bug in Windows XP. But of course Fedora
will get the blame even though Win XP is equally to blame. Please fix this
problem as soon as possible. It's very horrible.