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Rick Stevens wrote:
>On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 07:34 -0700, Bret Stern wrote:
>
>
>>>-- --Original Message-- --
>>>From: redhat-install-list-bounces@(protected)
>>>[mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@(protected)] On Behalf Of
>>>John Powell
>>>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:38 PM
>>>To: redhat-install-list@(protected)
>>>Subject: Install fails during installation of
>>>rpmdb-redhat-4 (See http://hat-4.ora-code.com)-0.20060803
>>>
>>>So I have been struggling with this for a while and have
>>>decided to give up and ask for help.
>>>
>>>I am attempting to install RHEL 4 AS Update 4 on a system
>>>with the following spec/conf.
>>>
>>>Gigabyte 8iexp system board (Intel 845e) Pentium 4 2.8Ghz CPU
>>>2 Gig Mem
>>>2 ATA WD 80 Gig drives
>>>GForce 4 compatible video
>>>
>>>The Installation consistently fails on the second cd while
>>>installing the aforementioned rpm. The Install error is
>>>something like...
>>>"Installation of rpm blah failed... this could happen due to
>>>corrupt download, media, and/or hardware"... since I have
>>>verified that the cd's
>>>md5 checks out as well as run media check to verify the media
>>>is correct I am left with the apparent fact that my hardware
>>>isn't going to cut it.
>>>Can someone verify that this is indeed the case else provide
>>>some suggestion as to what I should try to get the
>>>installation past the installation of this rpm?
>>>
>>>
>
>You say "ATA" drives. Are they PATA (IDE) or SATA? Are they set up as
>a RAID? If so, hardware or software.
>
>You may also want to try turning off DMA on the CD during the install.
>If your CD shows up as device /dev/hdc, try adding "hdc=nodma" to the
>end of the "boot:" prompt:
>
> boot: linux hdc=nodma
>
>You may want to try turning off DMA on IDE completely:
>
> boot: linux ide=nodma
>
>Also, try disabling APIC operations by adding " noapic" to the boot
>command:
>
> boot: linux noapic
>
>You may need a combination:
>
> boot: linux ide=nodma noapic
>
>
>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>
>Good luck!
>
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Rick,
Thanks for the responce. Here are the answers to your questions...
These drives are PATA and are setup in a non RAID configuration... just
standard IDE (master/slave on the IDE bus 1).
I have tried several attempts using the boot options you specifed...
ide=nodma
noapic
ide=nodma + noapic
All install paths lead to the same error at the same point during the
install.
I have also tried swapping out hardware... attempted a single IDE 80gig
Barracuda drive, swapped out two different cdrom readers
The end result being I still get the same error. Pretty odd eh? I have
never ever had such a hard time installing a linux distro before. Redhat
9 went on smooth as can be with the originally specified config. Ubuntu,
Mandrake also had a smooth installation. Fedora Core 5 actually hangs
during the install however when switching bettween CD's or during some
seemingly random RPM (was never the same one during the 5 attempts that
I made and usually occurred on the first install disc).
So all of this and I am still left in the dark. Any further ideas?
Thanks,
John
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