Description of problem: Installation fails, during the copy of the components to the hard disk, the system halts Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 How reproducible: every time I try to install the core Steps to Reproduce: 1.insert disk 1 answer all the questions to configure 2.start to copy components 3.the system halts when is copying kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 (the disk light indicate that start to copy, then halts nothing responds (keyboard, mouse, etc.) I need to use computer power on buttom to turn off Actual results: system halts Expected results: continues with the installation process Additional info: The machine (HP 5020, 120 Gb, 512 Mb memory) It has four partitions, 1 and 2 for Windows XP, 3 for Backtrack2, number 4 for fedora (ext3, 11Gb), the system uso lilo for booting options The other two OS works with no problems I digged in the files already instaled by fedora 6 and I found the file (kernel.2.6...) with a size of 1.7 MB insted of the 42(44) MB mentioned during installation The set of CD used to install are Ok (check by disk 1 of fedora); the image use to generated them are ok (hash check ok); I already try with two copies of disk 1 generated from the image
Try the respin? http://fedoraunity.org/news-archives/fedora-core-6-re-spin-20070401-released/
Created attachment 157321 [details] File with installation and syslog of 3 installation failled
For the test I use the next respin file FC-20070401.2.6.20-6-i386.iso jigdo The files include as attachment in the previous comment are the install and install.log.syslog files created during the installation process First try: Selected Office and Productivity Software Develpment Web Server Custom now: (default plus next options) Desktop Environment KDE Applications KDE SW Dev. Legacy SW Dev. Servers MySQL DB Web Server Base System Legacy SW Support X Dial-up Net Support Results: (install1, install1.log.syslog) The system halts during file installation of kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.i686 (the kernel image is different that the mentioned in the original report) Second try: Selected Office and Productivity Software Develpment Custom later: (default options) Results: (install2, install2.log.syslog) The system reboots during the copy of disk 2 Third try: Selected Office and Productivity Custom now: (try to install the minimum system) Options unselected Base System X Base X Dial-up Net Support X Java Application X Games and Ent. X Office Produc. X Audio and Video X Graphics Results: (install3, install3.log.syslog The system reboots during the copy of disk 2 Question? Exist the posibility to continues the installation of a halted or incompleted process? Comment: The installation process do not modify the boot files
At suggestion of a friend dedicated to hardware maintenance, I changed the RAM memory of the machine All works fine, this person toll me that this problem has presenting to him in just very few cases (ones with Mandrake and ones with Windows), POST doesn´t detect a memory problem, and only present it when the software used that part of the memory (in my case neither WindowsXP or back|track2 had that problem) Some times in this situation, is only needed to add more memory during the installation process, later you can take it out, the system works (I tried also, it works)