I wrote in a while ago (see below) and have tried to use some
of your advice. I've further idenitrI've tried to diagnosethe
problem:
When you set up Red Hat 5.2 you can use the ALT F1-5 keys to
view what's going on. On the screen I receive the following errors (in
order):
Errors occuring on the ALT F4
screen:
<5> compressed image
at block 0
<4> EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running
e2fsck is recommended
<4> VFS: Mount root (ext2 filesystem)
<4> hdb: media changed
<7> Disk change detected on device 3:40
<7> Max size: 249506
<7> IS09660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
<4> hdc: hdc1 hdc2 <hdc5 hdc6>
<4> hdc: hdc1 hdc2 <hdc5 hdc6>
Errors occuring on the
normal setup screen (ALT F1)
1.
Installing 312 packages: "Error installing package: package install of egcs
failed: unpacking of archive failed on file unpacking of archive
/usr/lib/gcc - libe/i386 - redhat - linux/egcs - 2.90.29/ccl: 1:
Success
2.
...usr/share/icons/arrup2.x pm: 1: no such file or directory
3. ...:No space left on
device
Somewhere in one of the screens it says that swap has to be at
least 40 meg. I think it is having trouble reading my swap drive.
After I go through many errors that all are similar to the third one above, I
receive the error on a pure blue screen: "Install exited abnormally.
Received signal 11. Sending kill signals..."
My machine is set up:
hdc1: 1503
meg
/ hdc6: 1401
meg
swap hdc7: 43 meg
Specifications:
I have Red Hat Linux 5.2 and have tried to install it
on my (300AMD, 32mb ram, 3.2 gig IDE hard drive (1.5 gig. set aside for Linux),
Windows modem (I know this will be a problem later), Cybervision monitor, IDE
Cd-rom ). I have tried both the workstation and custom installs multiple
times on each computer.
- One possible cause of this problem with the AMD (I
think, because the kernel seems to read all of my hardware when it boots in the
beginning of the install) is that it reads my hardrive as
hdc. I read somewhere that it won't accept anything past
hdb and wonder if this is causing the errors I mentioned
above. I looked in my control panel and found I have three hard drive
controllers for my one hard drive called, "Primary Bus Master IDE
controller (dual fifo), Secondary Bus Master IDE controller (dual fifo), and VIA
Bus Master IDE Controller (Ultra DMA)." Is this causing my hard drive
to be hdc? I have an IDE cd-rom too, but that is the only other
IDE device I have.
P.S. I'm pretty sure I'm not over 1030 cylinder (my system resource report
says I have no more than 800 cylinders)
