F12 installation stalled

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:16:36 -0600
"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage at peaknet.net> wrote:

> Trying to do a "darned near Everything" 32-bit installation on an old
> Thinkpad A22p with 1GHz P-III/M and 512MB. Several hours in things
> appeared to stall during the wesnoth-data RPM. I'm still seeing a
> fairly steady disk activity light, but I suspect there may be a
> spanner in the spokes. Switching to the F2 console, df shows no
> changes in disk space used/available for the past 6+ hours.
> 
> Can I do anything at this point besides punt and start over? Is it
> possible to go to the F2 console to stop/change/restart anything and
> resume the installation?
> 
> --Doc Savage
>   Fairview Heights, IL
> 
It could be that what your seeing is 'thrashing' as the system reaches
its limits for memory use (how much swap is used?).  It might be that
after a very long time everything will be resolved.  However, you might
want to consider just reinstalling with a minimal install.  After that
is going, *then* install all the other stuff.