Nope, the install does not complete, as a matter of fact it doesn't even
really start.
It gets as far as "Searching for previous installations", the screen
suddenly goes black and that is that.
I have to do a hardware reset.
From: alan <alan(a)clueserver.org>
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Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>Previous installs of what? FC6 Test releases or earlier versions.
>
>I've not had any problems with this hardware since FC3.
>
>This is strictly related to FC/6 Test 3 and it's not just this hardware.
>I tried an install at work today on a machine with E-IDE drives and it
>failed miserably (same X related problem). However I did successfully get
>a "linux text askmethod" installation. That has not worked here at home.
I am getting confused.
Does the install complete or do you even get that far?
If you do get it installed, does the initrd fix actually get you any
farther?
I have not experienced any hangs on the install. It installs fine, just
kernel panics on reboot.
There is an x issue I have seen, but it only happens after the firstboot
process is completed.
If you use a rescue disc, are you also to get access to the install logs?
>
>>From: alan <alan(a)clueserver.org>
>>Reply-To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
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>>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
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>>Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
>>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:33:51 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks Alan
>>>
>>>I'll try and try that if I ever get that far, however I'm having even
>>>more problems than that.
>>>
>>>During the install just after it announces it's searching for previous
>>>Fedora installations X hangs forever at that point.
>>
>>Have previous installs worked on this machine? I have not seen that. I
>>am using a AMD64 3700+ with 1 gig of ram and a nvidia 440go graphics card
>>and nforce3 sata chipset.
>>
>>>I've tried to start in "text" mode and it crashes completely
leaving a
>>>lot of "giberish" (nice technical term) characters and informs me I
need
>>>to reboot my computer.
>>
>>I get the X crash after I have fixed everything andf have gone through
>>the "first boot" screen.
>>
>>If I wiggle the mouse, it then tells me that the x server has died and
>>leads me through the steps to rebuild the X config. That seems to fix
>>the rest of the issues.
>>
>>Linus refered to this sort of problem as a "paper bag bug". That is a
>>bug so bad that when released makes the developer want to wear a paper
>>bag over their head so they will not be recognised.
>>
>>>I haven't had this much trouble since Redhat 5. This seems more like a
>>>test 1 than what is supposed to be in fact a release candidate.
>>
>>I have not seen one this obnoxious since Slackware 3.0.
>>
>>>
>>>I'm running a
>>>
>>>ASUS A8N-E
>>>2G of RAM
>>>Athlon 64 3400
>>>Dual WD Raptor SATA I drives
>>>NVidia GeForce 6600 GT video card
>>>
>>>Installation media is fine and I've tried two different ones (DVD's
that
>>>is).
>>>
>>>>From: alan <alan(a)clueserver.org>
>>>>Reply-To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
>>>><fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com>
>>>>To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
>>>><fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
>>>>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:08:37 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Has anyone gotten the x86_64 Test 3 to install from the DVD on a box
>>>>>with SATA drives?
>>>>
>>>>Yes.
>>>>
>>>>Here is the trick to get it to work.
>>>>
>>>>Install as normal. (If you already have an install you can skip this
>>>>step. ]:> )
>>>>
>>>>Boot off the same disc in "rescue mode". ("linux
rescue")
>>>>
>>>>At the prompt:
>>>>
>>>>chroot /mnt/sysimage
>>>>cd /boot
>>>>mkinitrd -v --image-version --nocompress initrd 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
>>>>
>>>>Edit /etc/grub.conf and add the following line:
>>>>
>>>> initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
>>>>
>>>>Save, sync the drive and reboot. With luck (and if you did it right),
>>>>it should work.
>>>>
>>>>I had a problem with X as well, but reconfiguring the x server fixed
>>>>it. (Just follow the bouncing prompts.)
>>>>
>>>>Hope that helps.
>>>>
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