[oclug] Fedora Core 3 install problem

[Alex at Avantel]

Discovered something which may help - I was frustrated with the new-fangled 
Fedora stuff (eg LVM) so I tried doing a RH7.3 install.  At the point where 
the the loader (/sbin/loader) is installed I get a failure (doesn't happen 
with Fedora) with this message

install exited abnormally -- received signal 11

Which would indicate either a hardware problem or a problem with the loader sw 
(it's a segmentation fault), so I turned off as much of the on-board junk 
(modem, USB, etc) as I could but still the same sig 11 problem.  Better check 
my RAM I suppose??

Also:  Just removed the new 80G disk and re-installed Fedora with an older 
smaller disk and the install and boot went fine - maybe I can use the larger 
disk as additional partitions (Hmmm  LVM, eh?)

Now why would that 80G disk not work properly?  

TIA

Alex
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On February 15, 2005 02:16 pm, Matt Masse wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have not looked through the quickie howto, please ignore any
> duplicated suggestions :-).

No problem - I'll filter for you

>
> 1) I would change your BIOS first, set your HD as the only bootable
> device.
> If that works, try putting back the CD and or floppy (if you use them).

No joy - same problem

>
> 2) Verify your IDE drive settings, (you can use the drive so that is
> probably not an issue)

It's set to be the master disk with the CD a secondary - I've also tried 
making them both masters on the 2 controllers - no difference

>
> 3) Boot with a bootable linux CD (whichever), I would use the Gentoo
> Live CD (minimal).  And do a fdisk /dev/hda
> Check if the proper partition is set active (usually /dev/hda1)

Yup, done that - all looks OK,  even tried changing it and changing it back 
after a re-boot.  No difference, same problem
>
> 4) Try removing your CD-rom from the computer, in case it is doing
> something funny on the IDE bus (doubtful, but can't hurt to check).

Done that too - actually just disconnected it from the power & controller.  
But same problem.
>
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