Have you run memtest86 on the system to see if the memory is good? http://www.memtest86.com/ When I have had random crashes of the type you have described, it has almost always been memory. (The exception has been a flaky motherboard.) On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 15:35, Josh Burks wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to build a MythTV box, and I found a really nice install > guide at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/. My problem is when I try to > install Fedora Core 1, the install crashes right after Anaconda tries > to start X. I get "install exited abnormally" .... "now safe to > reboot". So I tried a text based install. This worked fine until I hit > the "Reading Package Information" screen right before you get to pick > your packages. Then I got the "install exited abnormally" message > again. This happened 3 times before I started looking into hardware > and media checks. My cd's check out OK. Since then, the install likes > to crash in various places, e.g. before you partition the drives, set > up networking, etc. etc. I tried to install RedHat 9, and it does some > of the similar things Fedora does. > > I'm wondering if my motherboard is at fault, because this is the only > hardware I haven't swaped out. > > Specs on the system: > MSI 845GV (MS-6714) Motherboard, no AGP slot > 512 MB DDR > P4 1.7 GHZ 400 MHZ FSB > No other cards in any of the PCI slots yet. > No Floppy, Asus 52x CD-ROM > Seagate 40 GB Barracuda HD > > > Thanks in advance for any thoughts or ideas, > > Josh Burks > -- Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
