Re: [Rule-list] Error message after unsuccesful RedHat 7.2 install

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Friday 26 April 2002 02:44 pm, address@hidden wrote:
> Guys below is my unsuccesful install test report. Please email me any
> suggestions to try.

>= Guys here is the error I got when the system was formating the file
> system and drive.
>
> " An error occured trying to format hda2. This problem is serious and
> the install cannot continue."

> My pc has the following hardware etc in it:
>
> 2.1 Gig Maxtor IDE hard drive
> 1.2 Gig Western Digital hard drive

> I can successfully install Redhat 7.0 and 7.1. The hard drive is clean,
> no operating system on it. I've used "Delpart" to remove all partions
> on the drive and then used the command "FDISK /MBR" on the drive before
> trying to load Miniconda Rule installer.
>
> Do you have some suggestions I can try for a Redhat 7.2 install?
> Jim

Do you have the same difficulty if you try to install via the official 
Red Hat installer?

Please try the latest miniconda release, and let us know how that works?
Watch as the machine boots for error messages. I have an older machine 
that has one disk which refuses to play nicely unless dma is disabled. 
This should be seen during boot as messages about dma timeouts. (I 
believe they echo to the screen, at any rate.) You may want to try 
booting with the command line 'linux updates nodma'. There is no need to 
specify the 'text' boot option, miniconda has been patched to always 
default to text mode.

You could also try the slinky installer as well. 

Both are available from download area at:
http://freesoftware.fsf.org/download/rule/
or my server:
http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/rule/

Hope that helps,
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pgp key:  http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt
Red Hat Linux 7.2 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/
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