Bug 43428 - Installer hangs or aborts after displaying "Running anaconda - please wait"
Summary: Installer hangs or aborts after displaying "Running anaconda - please wait"
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-06-04 21:07 UTC by Harold Brown
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:33 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-06-19 15:03:59 UTC
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Description Harold Brown 2001-06-04 21:07:57 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.72 [en] (Win98; U)

Description of problem:
When running trough the installation process and the CD-rom boots and hit enter to "Install or upgrade in graphical mode", the system 
decompresses and runs through it's simingly normal spill.  I'll get a blue screen and then the prompt stating "Running annaconda - please wait". 
 At this point, one of two things happen.  The system either locks up or I get a message that states "Install exited abnormally -- received signal 
11" and commences to shut down.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot CD-Rom
2.Select "Press enter to upgrade or Install..."
3.Wait for Anaconda prompt
4.System hangs or crashes, everytime...
	

Actual Results:  System displays the following message:

Running anaconda - please wait
install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
                /mnt/runtime
                /mnt/source  umount failed ()
                /dev/pts
                /proc
you may safely reboot your system

Expected Results:  I believe it should have prompted me with a menu to select the country I'm in.

Additional info:

System displays the following message: (Also see more info. below)

Running anaconda - please wait
install exited abnormally -- received signal 11
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
                 /mnt/runtime
                /mnt/source  umount failed ()
                /dev/pts
                /proc
you may safely reboot your system

I spent my entire weekend doing the memory, CPU, component, cache disabling, and everything else mentioned on your web site shuffle and 
have had no luck in getting past anaconda.  I initially attempt to install over my existing 7.0 installation that is working perfectly which has a EFA 
Viking II(P5VPX97-AT) mobo with an AMD K6-2 300Mhz process running 32MB of 60ns DRAM.  I changed the processor to a Cyrix 6x86 
PR200+ (75Mhz Bus, 7.9v) CPU and a different set of 32MB 60ns DRAM and still exactly the same results.  I installed 96MB of PC-100 
DIMMs 
and still the same results.  I disable internal & external cache, took out every card except the video (which I swapped as well by the way) and 
still 
the exact same problem.  

I even went to a completely different system I have running Windows 98 & Redhat 7.0  as well that has a Intel 166Mhz processor on an ABIT 
PR-5 mobo with a different set of 32MB 60ns DRAM.  EXACT SAME PROBLEM.  EXACTLY.

I've been running linux since 1996 (Slackware), and then Red Hat 5.2, 6.1, 7.0 (now succesfully) and attempted 7.1.  Need a verbal, don't 
hesistate to give me a call at (603)580-1032.

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-06-09 22:55:51 UTC
When the install crashes, can you look on VC3 and VC4 and see if there are any
error messages?

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2001-06-19 15:03:55 UTC
Closing due to inactivity.  Please reopen if you have more information.


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