Description of problem: I'm trying to install FC6 on an old piece of hardware. Here are the specs (try not to laugh too hard, it's being used as a VPN endpoint, firewall and router for a small site I support), Pentium II @ 350Mhz 128MB RAM 4.2GB HD Intel PRO/100S dual-port network adapter I'm installing this system using a PXE server and the source files are coming off a web server. It's the same setup I've used for countless other version of Fedora and RHEL installations. The problem I'm having is that the kickstart script I have for the installation is hanging on the glibc-common-2.5-3.i386 package. The systems downloads the package okay and the "Status" bar fills to 100% making me think that the package is trying to install. But as soon as the bar hit 100% the install seems to hang. So I tried the installation using the PXE server without the kickstart script and the install hangs in the same place. This time I switched to the second virtual console (Alt-F2) and ran top to see what was running. Anaconda was using 99% of the CPU. To further complicate things the same kickstart script works on a newer piece of hardware. But I know this low-end hardware is good because it runs my FC5 kickstart script no problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 6, anaconda 11.1.1.3-1 I think, but I can't really tell from the install screen. How reproducible: Very reproducible. Steps to Reproduce: Using the above mentioned hardware, 1. Boot the PC using an Etherboot v5.3.15 boot disk (because the system doesn't have onboard PXE capabilities). 2. From my PXE menu, I select my Fedora Core 6 selection to start the FC6 installation. 3. The installation base images come from my Fedora Core 3 HTTP server (same server as the PXE server). 4. The installation starts and I delete all the volumes and create separate partitions for each /boot, swap and / (root) filesystems. 5. I deselect all the packages, and choose the custom installation to deselect everything else. 6. Once the installation starts it hangs on the glibc-common-2.5-3.i386 package. As I mentioned above the Status bar fills to 100% complete and then nothing further happens. Actual results: Anaconda hangs and consumes 99% of the CPU. Expected results: Package to install and the installation to complete. Additional info: I've let the system sit there over night for 16 hours and it was in the same place as when I left it. I've just lately added another 128MB of RAM to the system and the installation completes. But the system requirements listed for FC6 mention that text mode installations can run on 128MB of RAM (which is what I was hoping for). Is there anyway that the installation can run on a 128MB RAM system?
Unfortunately, I think we're just at too many packages (and thus, too high need of memory) for 128 meg systems. NFS _may_ work slightly better than FTP/HTTP
I installed on a Compaq Armada M300 (PII 300MHz Mobile) with 128MB memory, using minimal installation - everything optional stripped away. No X obviously. Same hangups as described above when trying anything else