Bug 174959

Description of problem:
Initially I attempted to install FC3 but it exited abnormally during the 
install so I upgraded all the firmware for the system BIOS,RAID controller, 
server backplane and attempted the install again with the same results.
RH9 had previoulsy been installed on this server with a different set of drives 
so I did a fresh install of RH9 to see if it also had a problem. It did not so 
I configured some of the services I needed and decided to see if an upgrade to 
FC3 would work but it failed again. I finally attempted FC4 upgrade and it 
initiallly failed but on a second attempt it began installing RPMs and when it 
got to the kernel RPM the install exitied abnormally.
 
During a text-mode installation the screen begins spewing errors about the 
RPMDB being a read-only file system and the server freezes. Upon a third 
attempt the kernel packages install but then the installer exited abnormally 
and gave an andaconda dump file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:Everytime


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot from CDROM
2.Select Upgrade from RH9 or FC4

  
Actual results:
The text screen begins to display a blur of failed attempts to install RPMs or 
during the install of RPMs the installer exits abnormally

Expected results:
A complete installation

Additional info:
PowerEdge 2400 Dual Processor 500mhz Pentium III (Coppermine)
512MB RAM
Embedded Server Management v5.39
System Backplane v5.47
RAID-5 Container 164GB disk space
NEC CDROM SCSI

I used the integrated SCSI controller and an Adaptec 2940 PCI controller for 
the CDROM. I also used an external Toshiba SCSI CDROM. The results were the 
same with either setup.