Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 111738
Install fails with large amts of memory on laptop
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:34 EST
Description of problem:When loading Fedora-Core 1 on an IBM Thinkpad A31 with 1G memory, 512M and then 256M memory we found when the Fedora reached the point where it was loading image to hard drive (20G) received message that there is not enough space on hard drive on every iteration until we reached the point where there was only 256M of memory. We tried various configurations, i.e. different hard drives, different memory sticks, etc. The only iteration that finally worked to allow us to load Fedora-Core on the Thinkpad was when we reached a configuration of 256M of memory. This allowed us to load the entire Fedora-Core package. Once it was loaded we could then bump memory to 1G and all appears to work without problems. We could load the minimal required to operate with greater than 256M memory but this was not consistent. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):1 How reproducible:Happens every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.Load Fedora-Core on laptop with large amounts of memory & hard drive 2.accept all defaults 3. Actual results: After formating partitions, install fails when loading image on drive Expected results: Additional info:
Does booting with 'linux allowcddma' help?
Do not know. We never tried using this command as we didn't know about it. What does it do? Assume something with dma. We worked for 2 days trying to get this to load while another A31 seemed to load easily without problems - we believe it's purely a timing issue.
The kernel in Fedora Core 1 is different and has manifested some CD DMA oddities -- allowcddma changes anaconda's behavior in this respect somewhat and will help show if that's the problem.
If you provide me with instructions on how to load with the allowcddma I can try it tomorrow or the next day and let you know if this solved the problem. I have a router person coming in today. Is this command included in the normal fedora core 1 download or something I have to download separate?
When you get the initial "boot:" prompt, just type "linux allowcddma" and see what happens, nothing more complicated than that :)
Success!!! I was able to load everything on the same A31 with 1G memory and 20G harddrive with using the linux allowcddma command. Thanks Pat Julien
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem persists. The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/