Dave Cowern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey all, > I posted awhile ago about having trouble installing the betas. Beta 4 is > unfortunately no better for me. In addition to the things I tried before > (I've copied my original message below for completeness), I've changed my > partitions from ReiserFS to ext3 and also ext2, I've used 3 different kinds > of CDRs (including ones I've used very successfully in the past to install > mdk isos), I've used 3 different CD drives (one DVD drive, one CDR drive, and > one plain old CD drive). I've tried it with passing the kernel options I > need (ide2=.... for a IDE controller card). I've tried it with various > security settings. The install crashes while installing packages every > single time. It doesn't bomb out with an error, it just hangs. I've let > this thing sit for 12 or more hours and it doesn't budge. > My question this time around is I've seen people posting all kinds of nice > logs showing where the install has failed or given them an error. Where do I > get those from on my machine? I rebooted using the rescue option and poked > around in /tmp and /var/log but all the files there were empty. > As always, any suggestions are welcome. I really want to get this working > on my machine before 8.2 ships... I don't relish the thought of using 8.1 > until 9.0 comes out. Thanks! -- Dave > > Oh, P.S. -- Warly posted 5 criteria earlier for another install problem > earlier this week. In case anyone is tempted to regurgitate them, here are > my responses.
mmm, a tough one... 1. Does it crash on the same package (for that set the details mode and see or boot with rescue and read the /root/drakx/ddebug.log) 2. Is your machine overclocked ? 3. Do you experienced the same behavior with a 2.2 kernel (boot with the second CD, use alternate 2.2 kernel, or make a bootdisk with alternatives images in /images/alternatives) 4. Can you do a hd install (copying the CD on a partition and using second CD or hd boot images to start the install from it) -- Warly
