Re: Install FC2 on i586?

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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
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Clemson University Math Sciences
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