On Monday 14 February 2005 15:25, Chris Stark wrote: >Claus Hetzer wrote: >> Aloha- >> >> I am attempting to install Fedora Release 3 on a Gateway machine >> with an Athlon processor, 128MB RAM, 20GB hard disk. I manage to >> get through all of the setup phases, filesystem allocation, >> package selection, etc. Installation appears to be going >> swimmingly, but then I get the following error: >> >> "There was an error installing tcsh-6.13-9. This can indicate >> media failure, lack of disk space, and/or hardware problems. This >> is a fatal error and your install will be aborted. Please verify >> your media and try your install again." >> >> I have gotten this message 3 times now, each time failing on a >> different package (tcsh, festival, and curses). I verified all of >> my media before I started, all passed, and I have gotten this from >> 2 different installation disks. The disk images also passed the >> md5sum test when I downloaded them. Since the first failure I >> have done no custom filesystem partitioning, so I just have 1 >> giant partition that everything is being installed into and I >> don't think its a disk space problem. The media pass the >> pre-install check. Any other ideas as to what could be causing >> this problem? This computer used to have Windows 2000 on it and I >> ran a Norton check before I started, no disk problems were >> indicated. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> Claus Hetzer > >Aloha Claus, > >This is kind of a shot in the dark, but have you tried using the DVD >image instead of the CDs? Could your CD-ROM drive be hosed? It's > strange to me that your disks check out but you error on the same > file every time. Do any of the other Fedoras (or any other Linux > for that matter) work on this system? Reread please, he said a different file every time. [...] -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.33% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
