Random install hang FC2 on KM266 mobo
Wayne Stidolph
wayne at stidolph.com
Thu May 20 17:33:52 UTC 2004
David, thanks!
Memtest hung reliably on test #5, so that led me to hardware problems
(fixed by swapping out the CPU).
Now I need to sort out why X won't start ("no devices found") ... sheesh!
Wayne
David Ash wrote:
> try replacing the cdrom
> also fedora has a memtest on the boot cd
> you could also try the install on another machine and then swap hard
> drives back.
>
> Wayne Stidolph wrote:
>
>> I've searched archives, not encountered a fix ... pointers to FAQ/doc
>> would be appreciated...
>>
>> I had RG9 running in this box and old motherboard failed. So, I
>> bought an MSI KM2M Combo-L (KM266 with integrated S3 ProSavage video,
>> etc) and just fired RH disk back up. Well, it hangs during boot on
>> "Finding module dependencies ..." so I decided to just upgrading to
>> FC2, figured that might handle whatever the hardware issues are.
>>
>> Bum the FC2 install hangs. It's always after I have gotten past the
>> "transferring install image to hard disk" step. Once or twice it hung
>> in "Preparing RPM transaction", once during "Preparing to install"
>> (at about 7/8 done) and a couple times while actaully writing
>> packages to the hard disk (got glibc transferred, hung moving
>> iproute, that sort of thing). It's random ...
>>
>> I've turned on and off USB legacy support, APIC. I've tried graphical
>> and text-install. What else?
>>
>> Thanks lots,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>>
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