Background info: Last successfull installation was RedHat 6.0 on my Toshiba T2105 laptop + 20 MB memory + 1.2GB disk + i486/50 + 3.5" floppy NFS/FTP server is a RedHat 6.1 system ------------------------------------------------------------ PROBLEM Trying to get 6.2 installed on laptop: using text mode pressing "cancel" when prompted for driver disk Shortly thereafter I answer the network/NFS server questions I get the following on virtual console#1: install exited abnormally -- recieved signal 11 sending termination signals...done On console#3 is the following: * going to insmod nfs.o (path is NULL) * mounting nfs path dakota:/mnt/cdrom * exec of /bin/sh failed: Exec format error ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Also tried a FTP install and it dies during the netstg2.img load: on console #1 Error loading ramdisk on console #3 * transfering ftp://dakota//pub/RedHat/base/netstg2.img to a fd * created inode * error reading from device: No such file or directory * done loading 2197504 bytes
------------------------------------------------- Another Failed attempt: I setup a pcmcia attached SCSI cdrom which is detected by the pcmcia-20000407.img. However, the system still panics after detecting and spinning the CDROM. I'm oging to go on a limb here and ask if RedHat 6.2 was built on with a kernel > i486. Has anyone managed to install on a 486? console#1: install exited abnormally -- recieved signal 11 console#3: * going ot insmod ds.o (path is Null) * cardmgr running as pid 14 * cardmgr returned 0x0 * trying to mount device scd0 * exec of /bin/sh failed: Exec format error
--------------------------- Just to an FYI that I did successfully install RH 6.1 using the pcmcia-???.img disk. Any hints on what is bronken with 6.2?
Need test lab to verify this issue.
the errors described above are errors that occur when an invalid/corrupt install image is used: Case I: NFS install: * exec of /bin/sh failed: Exec format error This error occurs when the ramdisk image (netstg2.img) that the installer is trying to load and use has been corrupted, and as a result of that corruption, the shell program contained in that file fails to run ... Case II: FTP install: * transfering ftp://dakota//pub/RedHat/base/netstg2.img to a fd * error reading from device: No such file or directory This error appears at the same point in the install, and also suggests that source image that you are trying to install from may be corrupted ... Case III: SCSI cdrom install: * trying to mount device scd0 * exec of /bin/sh failed: Exec format error This case is the same as cases I & II above, and would lead me to think that the either one or both of the boot floppies and CD media itself may be faulty ... I would suggest a recopy of the install source image, floppy images and/or trying a different CD :( Please reopen this if you feel I have misdiagnosed the problem ... Thank you for your report!