From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040116 Description of problem: Neither FC1 nor FC2 will install on a new ASUS A7V8X-X mobo and ASUS ATI Radeon 7000 video card and Corsair Value Select 512MB PC2700 memory. The monitor, video card, and mouse type are all probed correctly. When installing, however, I can't get beyond providing the root pw. When package installation begins, X stops and the following behavior is noted: install exited abnormally. sending termination signals ... done sending kill signals ... done disabling swap ... unmounting file systems ... (more like the above) you may safely reboot and then it sits there. I have done media checks on my CD's and they all pass. I have tried swapping the RAM sticks with others of the same type, and tried changing the hard drive. The same behavior exists. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert CD1 for either FC1 or FC2 2. turn on machine 3. start installation 4. select automatic partitioning 5. continue through installation until step after giving root pw. Installation then fails every time. 2. 3. Actual Results: When package installation begins, X stops and the following behavior is noted: install exited abnormally. sending termination signals ... done sending kill signals ... done disabling swap ... unmounting file systems ... (more like the above) you may safely reboot and then it sits there. Expected Results: Fedora Core 1 or 2 installs correctly. Additional info: This behavior exists for both FC1 and for FC2.
I thought that maybe I could do an install of RH8 and then do an upgrade to FC1. Well, the install of RH8 went fine (it did, however, see my ASUS ATI Radeon 7000 card as a Radeon VE card). When I tried to perform the upgrade, the install failed at the same point.
I have tried to install with these options and they all failed at the same place: linux noprobe linux text linux nofb linux skipddc
Can you verify your media following the instructions at http://rhlinux.redhat.com/anaconda/mediacheck.html?
Yes, I have verified the media CD's. I have used them in other boxes without problems as well. I was able to install RH8 and tried to upgrade to FC1. This upgrade failed at the same point described above.
Solved! The BIOS needed to be updated with the following procedure: 1. on a working machine download the following: http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/kt400/a7v8x-x/A7v8xx11.zip 2. extract the file named a7v8xx11.awd 3. save this file to a floppy -- remember the exact name for later! 4. on the new machine, power on, and press alt+f2 5. when asked for the name of the file to use for the BIOS update give it the name you wrote down earlier: a7v8xx11.awd 6. answer Yes to the question of if you want to update the BIOS 7. reboot and install Fedora!