Justin, I had a similar problem. When I just installed FC4. What I did was I deleted my old partitions with zapfdisk z and the problem dissappeared. I don't understand what it caused it but I couldn't do it until I deleted the partitions and made a ftp installation Eduardo --- Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Justin Zygmont > [mailto:jzygmont@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:52 PM > > To: Mike McGrath > > Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: RE: install keeps aborting > > > > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Mike McGrath wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Justin Zygmont > [mailto:jzygmont@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:43 PM > > >> To: Mike McGrath > > >> Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases > > >> Subject: RE: install keeps aborting > > >> > > >> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Mike McGrath wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > > >>>> From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of > > Justin Zygmont > > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:11 PM > > >>>> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>>> Subject: install keeps aborting > > >>>> > > >>>> Has anyone else noticed this? When I try > doing a full > > >> install on a > > >>>> P-III with 256M of RAM, it goes fine until, > just after anaconda > > >>>> switches from ISO 2 to 3 andthen it just > reboots. > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> fedora-list mailing list > > >>>> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>>> To unsubscribe: > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> I haven't noticed that, are you sure ISO 3 is > not corrupt > > >> in any way? > > >> > > >> i'm positive, I just checked again, and they > all pass the sha1sum > > >> check. > > >> I notice even if I uncheck all package groups, > and select only > > >> development packages, it will abort. Yet, if I > choose almost > > >> everything else except that package group, it > goes fine. > > Do you know > > >> if there is any way to debug this somehow? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > One thing you could do is bypass the cd's all > together. On > > boot type: > > > > > > linux method=http://some.yum.mirror/path/to/fc4/ > > > > > > If you have a local mirror this will be > lightning fast. > > Method also > > > takes an nfs mount and ftp I believe. > > > > I have been using the NFS install, I only used CD1 > to boot > > from. Even in text mode this problem exists. I'd > like to > > see if there was a way to get a gdb, but the > install just > > reboots itself. any ideas? maybe i'll just have > to try the > > anaconda-devel list and see what I can do. > > > > > > > > That might not be a bad idea. You could also try > starting the install > with debug mode > > linux debug > > And I know that there is a > > linux syslogd > > But I have never tried it. > > -Mike > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
