| Title: | Linux, the Free Operating System |
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| Created: | Fri Feb 11 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Hi, I'm trying to do a fresh install of Redhat 4.1 on a 233mhz UDB. It was 64MB, an internal 540mb disk and an external rz29. I've got NT 4.0 on the internal disk and the rz29 has three partitions, 1gb for nt, 2.8gb for linux and .2 for linux swap. I'm doing the install from a toshiba CD-rom. I'm booting linload and milo from floppy and the installation starts just fine. I'm using the linload and milo from the CD. I'm using the noname kernal and ramdisk from the RedHat site itself. The problem is when it starts installing the rpm's I start getting errors. A number of rpms come back saying they did not install successfully and then on package #122 (I'm installing everything) which is GNU libc, the whole thing dies, written on screen is "Rebooting system" and it throws me back to milo. I've looked at the errata and other www sites and can't seem to find an answer as others have installed successfully on the UDB. Any ideas or things to try? Thanks, JJ
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| 585.1 | MOVIES::TWEEDIE | Thu Mar 20 1997 13:46 | 14 | ||
The first thing to try would be to look for any significant diagnostic output from either the rpm utility or the kernel. If there's a bad disk block anywhere which is causing problems, for example, then that will show up in the kernel log. I can't remember exactly which console gives which output under RH4.1, but the first four or five consoles between them present the installation utility, a root shell, stderr output from the installation and kernel console messages. The usual ALT-F1 to ALT-F10 keypresses swicth between virtual consoles 1-10, and that should at least let you see if anything is giving any warnings of problems before things reboot. Cheers, Stephen. | |||||
| 585.2 | Aim high, but shoot low. | LEXS01::PUCHRIK | Field Rat | Thu Mar 20 1997 15:28 | 4 |
I only have Redhat 4.0 and have never run linux on alpha. I remember
having similar problems on my first install of "the works". You may
want to try installing just the minimum default. Once you get a
running system you can customize all you want.
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| 585.3 | Bad or damaged disk was the problem | EDWIN::JJ | Jim Johnson - DTN 264-1054 - jj@mko.dec.com | Thu Mar 20 1997 19:49 | 14 |
Hi, Yup, bad RA29. Odd, that NT and DU both seem to work ok on it. I'll try reformating it. I also noticed that fdisk listed different values on two different rz29's. They were both "C" varients but could be running different firmware. Now my only problems is the amd problem and getting X to work but those problems are pretty well documented. Thanks for the info about the multiple consoles. I could remember how to do that. JJ | |||||