On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Erik Espinoza wrote: > Perhaps there was another error unrelated to X, but that was the > response. With the graphical install it's very easy to switch between > the virtual terminals and look at what else the installer is doing. > This may give you more hints as to what the problem is. Well, the text-based install worked like a charm. (Almost--the system lives on /dev/sda, but GRUB is in /dev/hda's boot record. For some reason, grub fails to find the /boot partition on /dev/sda1. But I've fixed that before--just have to remember how.) Thanks all. > > Erik > > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:24:23 -0400 (EDT), Matthew Saltzman > <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Erik Espinoza wrote: > > > > > Have you attempted a text based install? > > > > Not yet. I will do tonight and report back. > > > > Not sure what would cause X to crash at that particular point in the > > install, though. It's just going through the package load. FWIW, the > > graphics card is a Matrox Millenium, so nothing touchy should be going on > > there. The install has failed twice at about the same point. I didn't > > observe the first one so I'm not sure if it's *exactly* the same point or > > not. > > > > Also, I've got limited RAM. The installer doesn't complain, though, > > except that it turns on swap right after the partition step. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:28:44 -0400 (EDT), Matthew Saltzman > > > <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Has anyone had success installing FC2 on a Pentium-I system? On my > > > > non-MMX P-166, the install fails somewhere near the end of the first CD. > > > > X crashes and the system reboots with no indication of error. > > > > > > > > The system has a Mylex SCSI controller and a SCSI disk and CD-ROM. I'm > > > > doing a "Server" install (with a handful of added packages) from scratch. > > > > The media have all been tested and shown good (and I've installed two > > > > other systems, an Athlon and a P4). > > > > > > > > Any clues as to what the problem is or how to work around it would be > > > > appreciated. > > > > > > > > TIA. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Matthew Saltzman > > > > > > > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > > > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > > > > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Matthew Saltzman > > > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
