[lug] wierd rh7.2 install failure

[Nate Duehr]

It may be unhappy with the drive geometry.  Couple of ideas:

First, many folks don't realize you can switch to the other virtual 
consoles during the RH install and see exactly what it's doing -- hit 
ALT-F2, ALT-F3, ALT-F4, etc... so you can watch behind the scenes on the 
installer and see if you see any error messages.

Next, make sure it's creating a /boot partition at the front of the 
drive that is relatively small.  This will help bootloaders find the 
things they need during boot time when BIOS limitations may be biting you.

As a last resort, you could mess with the BIOS settings for the drive 
(assuming you're set to AUTO or similar right now) to see if you can 
find a setting that Linux is happy with.

Others will probably have other comments/ideas, but those should get you 
started on some things to check out.

Nate, nate at natetech.com

luke p wrote:

> Hey,
> I'm trying to do a RH 7.2 install on a harddrive, 8 GB drive, linux is 
> the only thing I want on the drive to I just let the installer format 
> the whole drive as it pleases. I can go thru the installer no prob, 
> setting up what I want installed, etc.. But when it actually gets to the 
> actual formating and installing, after formating the screen blips out 
> and the install quits, saying that install exited abnormally, gives the 
> kill signals, etc.. and thats that, reboot if you wish. I have tried 
> again a few times and it keeps coming back that same way, regardless of 
> how I configure the install to happen. Any diagnosis I should look for 
> or what?
> Thanks,
> Luke
> 
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