Test with Kernel 2.2.5-22, 2.2.11-1 (rawhide) During the course of trying to do a NFS install with both the original img files and your updates the following happens (same target machine, different NFS mounted CDROM machines (2) ). Target machine has a signal 7 Source machine generates: (example from one) cave kernel: find_fh_dentry: 03:40, 188620/192636 not found -- need full search! also dmesg|more shows: lookup_inode: looping?? (ino=178380, path=/libc-2.1.1.so) lookup_by_inode: found libc-2.1.1.so (repeatedly) copying the CD to the hard-drive and the install works. Target machine 486DX66 16MB RAM 1GB HD 3c503 NIC Source 1: 486DX66 28MB RAM 3c503 NIC PANASONIC 2X SB-CDROM CR-562A Kernel 2.2.5-22 (Hedwig) Source 2: 586DX66 32MB RAM 3c503 NIC 4X IDE CR-581 MATSHITA Kernel 2.2.11-1 (Rawhide) Of interest to note is that I can NFS mount the CDROM in a non-install situation and access without problems (reading and copying) and at no time do I have problems with HD NFS mounted partitions. BTW: what happened to the smb install option? While I was tearing out my three hairs I wanted to try that and it is gone. I have tested all my hardware and apparently everything is functional. I have done NFS installs on 2 of 4 machines on prior versions with the same equipment. The NIC cards all are functional otherwise as well. I am not sure if this is an installer issue or a combo installer or kernel and/or knfsd problem.
A signal 7 during the installation indicates the the machine is running out of memory, so this is probably what is happening. Reopen this bug if you are continuing to have problems on a machine with more memory.