ABit BE-II MB Intel PII 450 64Meg S3 Trio64V2 Root is /dev/hda3, 2 Gig Installing Lilo in the root partition Win9x on /dev/hda1 - 2 gig 125 Meg Swap Custom Install, Everything PS/2 3-Button Mouse El-cheapo 104Key keboard (the $10 model at Intrex, FWIW) GUI finds video, monitor, mouse and tests X OK. GUI Install Failed twice after formatting the root partiton (w/bad block check) and "Copying install image to root filesystem" GUI then dumps with what looks like an XFree Trap to me, although it scrolls and the system reboots before I can copy it down. If I run the Text install, shortly after the same point, It claims that I don't have enough space to install - Mount Point Space Needed 38 M Followed by an error unmounting hda3 (Device or Resource Busy) Followed by a return to the "Installation to begin" Screen. If you go forward from there, install goes through the same errors, but *THEN* dumps an python trace (which I lost in the shuffle - sorry) Workstation GUI install looks like it does the same thing.
OK, I got passed the error if I format without a bad-block scan. As it sounds like there's a bad physical sector, I need the bad block scan, as may others. Sif you need me to bring you my HD, I'm a local, so I suppose we can arrange a trade *grin*.
Explain why this is not a bug, or propose a fix please. If I attempt to install with a bad-block scan of my HD, I still can't install with Beta 3 (I'll be testing Beta 4 as soon as I get a clean download). Crash occurs in the same place, and if I don't format the drive/do a bad-block scan, the installer copies files properly.
As far as I can tell this is a problem due to hardware misbehaving, which is not something we can correct via the installer. Please try this with another hard drive if possible and if the problem persists we will have to revisit this issue.