After configuring the mount point for swap-space, / & /boot using Disk Druid, I click the "Next" button at the bottom of the screen - the CD spins-down and the system just hangs there. I have tried this on two different computers and gotten the same result. I was trying to install from a CD-R I burned from the ISO image. I burned a second copy of the image and tried using it - still had same problem. I have successfully burned the RH 6.1 ISO to a CD-R in the past, so I know that I am properly creating the install CD. I created space for the installation on both PCs by using Partition Magic to shrink my D: partition and move it up by about 1 Gb.
Do two things for me if you would. First, attempt a text install and see whether you are able to get any error messages from the system. To perform a text install, just type "text" at the boot prompt. Second, please send me the output from "fdisk -l" for all of the drives if you system (if you do not have access to linux on this machine, then please submit a listing of the partition table on the drives)
When I ran the text install, it dies at the same spot as the graphical install and it gave me "Install exited abnormally, received siganl 11", I tried booting from the CD and choosing rescue mode, but was not sure where the Linux version of fdisk was located so I could run it. From DOS fdisk, here is my partition information: Physical drive one - Pri DOS 1028 Mb FAT32 Ext DOS 18544 Mb Free space ~1024 Mb 2040 Mb FAT32 "D" partition 15477 Mb FAT32 "E" partition Physical drive two - 12410 Mb total No pri partition, so that Win98 labels drive as "F" 1 12402 Mb ext DOS partition.
Unfortunately this DOS fdisk information was not enough to let me know whether the problem is what I thought it was, but I am still pretty sure that I know the problem. Partition Magic has a habit of creating empty partitions which the Red Hat Linux installer is not able to deal with (because they are technically not valid) So, I am pretty sure this is what is causing the problem you are seeing. The bad news is that I really do not have any suggestions for you on how to correct this PartitionMagic problem. My only recommendation is that you talk to the PartitionMagic people and see if they can help you out. Again, I point out that without the specific information about the partition chain on your system I cannot guarantee this is the problem, but I am pretty sure.
Using the RedHat CD (or creating floppies from an .img file somewhere on the CD) is there a way I can run the Linux Fdisk -l you referred to? (I am a relative newbie). Thanks