"install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old laptop

[Bruno Rebeschini]

Hi All,

I am new to fedora-list and fedora-laptop-list... Here is an issue I 
raised on fedora-list, but it might be more relevant here.

Please let me know if anyone can help me to progress.

Thanks,
Bruno

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: "install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old laptop
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:32:04 +0000
From: Bruno Rebeschini <brebesch(a)googlemail.com&gt;
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com

Hi All,

I am trying to install the new Fedora 8 XFCE spin
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg000...) 

on a very old laptop (see specs below)... but I have not succeeded yet.

i386 install media for this spin is not directly available, so I
downloaded the i386 DVD and made its content available on a http server
on my local network to start from here. Then, I still have to figure out
how to use the kickstart file in the process to end up with the XFCE
spin on my good old machine.

I burned the boot CD to start the network install, and provided the http
path for anaconda to access the packages. Anaconda then starts to
retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is the
message I get:
"Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait...
install exited abnormally [1/1]"
then the systems shuts down.

I assume that my config for an http install is fine as anaconda manages
to access the packages... but I can't figure out why it crashes.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks,
Bruno

Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT - CPU: AMD K6 475MHz - HDD: 4GB - RAM: 192MB

[Ahmed Kamal]

Try hitting CTRL+ALT+F3/4/5/6 (can't remember which is which) for important
debug info and post here

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Bruno Rebeschini <brebesch(a)googlemail.com&gt;
wrote:

>  Hi All,
>
>  I am new to fedora-list and fedora-laptop-list... Here is an issue I
>  raised on fedora-list, but it might be more relevant here.
>
>  Please let me know if anyone can help me to progress.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Bruno
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
>  Subject: "install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old
>  laptop
>  Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:32:04 +0000
>  From: Bruno Rebeschini <brebesch(a)googlemail.com&gt;
>  To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>
>  Hi All,
>
>  I am trying to install the new Fedora 8 XFCE spin
>  (
>  https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg000...
>  )
>
>  on a very old laptop (see specs below)... but I have not succeeded yet.
>
>  i386 install media for this spin is not directly available, so I
>  downloaded the i386 DVD and made its content available on a http server
>  on my local network to start from here. Then, I still have to figure out
>  how to use the kickstart file in the process to end up with the XFCE
>  spin on my good old machine.
>
>  I burned the boot CD to start the network install, and provided the http
>  path for anaconda to access the packages. Anaconda then starts to
>  retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is the
>  message I get:
>  "Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait...
>  install exited abnormally [1/1]"
>  then the systems shuts down.
>
>  I assume that my config for an http install is fine as anaconda manages
>  to access the packages... but I can't figure out why it crashes.
>
>  Can anyone help please?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Bruno
>
>  Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT - CPU: AMD K6 475MHz - HDD: 4GB - RAM: 192MB
>
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[mlist]

Bruno Rebeschini wrote:
>  retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is
> the
>  message I get:
>  "Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait...
>  install exited abnormally [1/1]"
>  then the systems shuts down.
>  
Check if your problem is the one described in this bug report:
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367731
If so, the easy way to fix it is getting the latest Fedora Unity Re-Spin
   http://spins.fedoraunity.org/spins

Quy

[Bruno Rebeschini]

mlist wrote:
>  Bruno Rebeschini wrote:
> > retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is the
> > message I get:
> > "Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait...
> > install exited abnormally [1/1]"
> > then the systems shuts down.
> >
>  
>  Check if your problem is the one described in this bug report:
>    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367731
>  If so, the easy way to fix it is getting the latest Fedora Unity Re-Spin
>    http://spins.fedoraunity.org/spins
>  
>  Quy 
Thanks for the reply: it seems clear that I should try with the latest 
Fedora Unity Re-Spin. I'll try that and we'll see.

Bruno

"install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old laptop [SOLVED]

[Bruno Rebeschini]

Bruno Rebeschini wrote:
>  mlist wrote:
> > Bruno Rebeschini wrote:
> >> retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is the
> >> message I get:
> >> "Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please 
> >> wait...
> >> install exited abnormally [1/1]"
> >> then the systems shuts down.
> >>
> >
> > Check if your problem is the one described in this bug report:
> >   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367731
> > If so, the easy way to fix it is getting the latest Fedora Unity Re-Spin
> >   http://spins.fedoraunity.org/spins
> >
> > Quy
>  
>  Thanks for the reply: it seems clear that I should try with the latest 
>  Fedora Unity Re-Spin. I'll try that and we'll see.
>  
>  Bruno 
The latest Fedora Unity Re-Spin does not bug :-)
Thanks,
Bruno