From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Description of problem: configuration: pentium m 1.7 Ghz on laptop 512 mb ram 60gb hard disk error in installation procedure after formatting the root partition and swap.. show possible error could be insufficient disk space.The partition size is 4 gb and size of the to be installed was varied from 1.6 to 2.5 gb .partition information hda2 linux-root ext3 4 gb hda1 windows ntfs 3gb hda7 vfat 10gb extended partitons hda3 swap 900mb hda4 ext3 10gb hda5 vfat 12gb hda6 vfat 14 gb the sizes are not exact.Under the same conditons and partitions i am able to install red hat linux 9.0 without any problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fedora core release "yarrow" How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot through fedora core release yarrow 2.try to install in graphical or text mode 3.the installer shows the error irrespective of options selected once the root partition is formatted Actual Results: can't install possible errors .. insufficient disk space Expected Results: smooth install which is the case with redhat 9.0 release Additional info: it is known that fedora core release "severn" is installed on the same machine with a pentium M 1.6 with a ram of 1gb smoothly so there is no reason to fail with this configuration
Does booting wiht 'linux allowcddma' help?
I dont know if the boot option "linux allowcddma" you suggested will work and i can't attempt to try it again because now the system is fully configured with "severn" and it works perfectly and i am trying to upgrade few packages.So i wonder if what is broken from release severn to release yarrow in anaconda.
There are some lingering problems with large data transfers on some CD devices. Dupe of multiple others.
I hope that is the only problem and booting with the options mentioned will work in such cases.Anyway Thanks for the advice.