Bug 117603

Summary:	Machine reboots whilst installing fedora core 1
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Stuart Rees <stuart>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Stuart Rees 2004-03-05 18:29:45 UTC

I have a p4 2.4Ghz with 512mb and a 30Gb hard disk. I've been trying 
to install Fedora Core 1 and every time it's runnning through the rpm 
transactions after copying the install image to the hard disk, the 
machine shuts down. 

I've tried installing using the GUI and the text based installer, 
both had the same abrupt ending.

I've also tried varying the list of which programs get installed but 
it doesn't make any difference.

I'm assuming it's something to do with my machine because this use to 
happen when I installed RH 9. I'd eventually get that installed by 
cutting down the list of programs I'd choose to install.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2004-03-05 19:14:56 UTC

Can you try booting with 'linux allowcddma'?

Comment 2 Stuart Rees 2004-03-05 19:42:09 UTC

I tried like you said with the allowcddma and at different points 
through the installation the the X Server crashed. I then tried with 
allowcddma & text. With these options activated I managed to get to 
the point just before the files begin to be installed then it shut 
down again.

Could it be a hardware issue with my computer, if so could you 
recommend what to do?

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2004-03-05 19:51:45 UTC

It does sound a bit like a hardware issue -- could you try running
memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com iirc)

Comment 4 Stuart Rees 2004-03-05 20:04:00 UTC

It get to about 6% overall complete the shuts down

Comment 5 Jeremy Katz 2004-03-05 20:09:54 UTC

Congratulations, your machine is either overheating or has a bad
component :(  You can try adding fans to improve the cooling,
returning the clock speed to normal if you've overclocked at all,
underclock, etc until that works.  But with hardware problems, the
install failing isn't really unexpected :/