On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 21:16, Rohit Kumar wrote: > Hi there Linux ppl > i did get the fedora cd's but my purpose was not > solved! > actually i did get fedora core-1's two cd's with > feb-04 issue of lfy. i tried installing it but > encountered with a fatal unhandelled exception that > made me abort the installation. > the same thing happened with another set of core-1 > cd's too. > > i did the following... > (though not in order i don rem the exact order. i am a > point & click guy so followed what came with the > fedora gui installation i guess anaconda!) > > 0.did run the test for checksum before installing for > all 3 cd's > 1.manually formatted partition to ext3. > 2.did not make a swap partition (as it was optional!) > 3.choose GMT+0530 and eng/hindi languages. > 4.choose desktop type installation. > 5.added kde to default package list to be installed > 6.successful in copying rpm's to hard disc. > 7.packages verified > 8.then a gui with following text popped up: > > /* > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1047, in > handleRenderCallback > self.currentWindow.renderCallback() > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 242, > in renderCallback > self.intf.icw.nextClicked() > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 766, in > nextClicked > self.dispatch.gotoNext() > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 168, in > gotoNext > self.moveStep() > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 236, in > moveStep > rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 832, in > doInstall > syslog.start (instPath, syslogname) > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/syslogd.py", line 65, in start > > self.pid = os.fork () > OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory > */ > i don know who else to ask for so am mailing this > here. Please help as i am trying to switch over to > linux for the past one month and was unsuccessful with > installations like knoppix/LiFY/BhavyaOS etc i knew > redhat install's are simple so got this release but am > stuck again! > help! If you post your location maybe some meber on LUG would be near enough to help you. Also post details about your hardware. I do not know about LIFY Fedora CD's but the three CD set worked in all setup's attempted till now. -- Sudev Barar
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