I run the text install (using Erik's new boot disk or the old image on the cdrom doesn't matter), select Swedish as the language, se-latin1 as the keyboard. Then I choose "Install custom system", and then, when selecting what formatting tool I want to use; directly after I've selected Disk Druid and hit enter, the installer crashes, leaving the background blue and outputting: install exited abnormally -- recieved signal 11 sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done <F1> for help | <Tab> between elements disabling swap... | <F12> next screen... unmounting filesystems... /mnt/runtime /mnt/source umount failed (16) /dev/pts /proc you may safely reboot your system Yes, that <F1> string appears mixed with those messages. Everything else is a blue screen. This happens every time I run the beta3 text installer and on the same spot every time, but it doesn't happen when I use the graphical install.
Tell me about your hardware, especially drive configuration.
General hardware info: CPU: Pentium 233 MMX Memory: 96 MB Disks: 600 MB IDE (/ 436 MB, swap 64 MB) 100 MB IDE Cdrom: 24x Video: Matrox Mystique NIC: Intel Etherexpress 100+ Mouse: Regular two-button PS/2 The 600 MB drive (reports as an IBM DALA-3540 in BIOS) is the primary master. No further drives on the primary channel. The 100 MB disk sits in a removable drive cage on the secondary channel, and should be configured as primary, slave present. I can completely remove this drive, and the bug still occurs. The CD is on the secondary channel without any jumpering (should be slaving just fine like it did in beta2). I haven't had this bug with beta2.
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Winston Beta-5
This was a known problem in glibc which is fixed in beta 4. Please try again with beta 4 or 5, and let me know if it is still broken (it works fine here).
This doesn't happen in beta4 anymore. I'm closing this bug.