FC3Test2 Installation From Hard Drive ISO Failed

[Arthur Zhang]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:57:32 -0400, Jim Cornette
<fct-cornette at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Arthur Zhang wrote:
> > hi guys,
> >
> > I have searched this archive but found no properly post.
> >
> > After downloading the four .iso images of Fedora Core3 Test2, I
> > checked the md5sum, it's correct.
> >
> > Then I wanted to install it from hard drive .iso, so I put the four
> > ISO in the same folder D:\linux, and then burned the boot.iso to a CD,
> > booted the machine from cdrom, select install from "hard drive",
> > select "hda5" and the folder "linux", press "ok", and then turn out a
> > bluescreen!
> >
> > The message there is something like this:
> >
> > "install exited abnormally --received signal 11
> > sending termination signals ...done
> >    sending kill signals ...done
> >          disabling swap ...
> > unmounting filesystems...
> >    /proc/bus/usb    done
> >    /proc/   done
> >    /dev/pts   done
> >    /system   done
> >    /tmp/ramfs   done
> >    /tmp/hdimage umount failed (16)
> > you can safely reboot your system"
> >
> > I have tried other methods to start the installation, like using the
> > program "grub for dos", "loadin.exe", but it goes to the same problem!
> >
> > I had installed the Fedora Core2 and other linux distributions before
> > on this machine, no problem.
> >
> > Any solutions for this?
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Arthur
> >
> >
> 
> I assume that the MS OS filesystem is vfat. I do not have any vfat or
> ntfs filesystems to try, but ntfs probably would not work.
Yes, the filesystem is vfat.

>  I did not have problems installing from an ext2 filesystem that was
> freshly created.
> Do you have any ext2, ext3, etc partitions that you could transfer the
> images to, that will not be part of your new installation.
> Jim
> 
Unfortunately I have no ext2, ext3 partitions

thanks for your post

regards
Arthur