Continued from previous message...
Downloaded a new ISO image from another FTP site
(different from first), burned another CD. Booted from new CD, removed all
partitions, created new partitions (200M swap, 800M /, 1000M /usr, 350M /var,
200M /usr/local - don't ask why I chose these, I'm posting to the newbie group
for a reason :) ), formatted all new partitions, selected packages (all except
for console and X games, IPX/Netware, and extra documentation), began
install.
First try: quit at about 85% finished package
installation with "install exited abnormally - received signal 11 sending
termination signals...etc., etc."
Second try: re-booted, did not re-format -
made it all the way through package install BUT, received a brief error just
before menu appeared "sh: shared libraries...". I can't get into the log
to read the total message. The menu that appeared gave me: error
occurred during step "Configure mouse". Selecting retry does
nothing. Selecting menu|Configure mouse does nothing. Selecting
menu|Configure network allows me to complete the entries, but errors out with
"cannot create network device file: no such file or directory".
Selecting menu|services or timezone does nothing. Selecting menu|Configure
allows me to set up a printer (remote SMB/WinNT). Configure X, Install
bootloader, Configure Authentication does nothing. I cannot Exit install.
Adding unprivileged user yields "install exited abnormally - received signal 11
sending termination signals...etc., etc."
I read the Sig11-FAQ, but when compared with what I
see, I don't find an answer. I neglected to say in my first post that when
I began installing yesterday (has it only been two days??) I tried a number of
times, and finally got an almost complete install - only X wouldn't work - and I
foolishly decided to re-install again. This box has been performing
flawlessly for over two years now, with the last 6 months on Linux.
I apologize for the excessively long post, but felt
that more information was better than less in my quest for a
solution.
Thanks,
Greg
