Bug 85993

Summary:	RH8 installer crashes immediately after setup
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Ron <meadewhittaker>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Priority:	high
Version:	8.0
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Hardware:	i386
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Description Ron 2003-03-11 22:31:35 UTC

Description of problem:
File â/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.pyâ, line 215, in moveStep rc = apply(func, 
self.bindArgs(args))

File â/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.pyâ, line 430, in turnOnFilesystems 
partitions, do MetaDeletes (diskset)

File â/usr/lib/anaconda/partions.pyâ, line 1110, in do Metadeletes 
lvm.vgactivate()

File â/usr/lib/anaconda/lvm.pyâ, line 54, in vgactivate searchPath = 1

File â/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.pyâ, line 66, in execWithRedirect.childpid = 
osfork()

OSerror : [Errno12] Cannot Allocate Memory


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


How reproducible:
everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1.load boot floppy and RH Bible CD1
2.perform a basic home office setup
3.click "next" button on the "About to Install" screen    
Actual results:
component loading screen appears, but nothing loads.  Within 5 seconds, the 
above error message appears.

Expected results:
rh8 load onto my harddrive

Additional info:

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2003-03-12 15:58:01 UTC

How much RAM is in your system?

64MB is the minimum required.

Comment 2 Ron 2003-03-14 17:35:04 UTC

Yes, My machine has 64MB of RAM.  I've been thinking about doubling it.  
Perhaps nows the time.

Comment 3 Ron 2003-03-20 03:52:29 UTC

Bought anther 128MB RAM.  Problem solved.  Thanx for pointing me in the right 
direction.