From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; Creative) Description of problem: installation stops,says to reboot How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.run install for workstation 2. 3. Actual Results: install loads anywhere from 131 packages to as many as 237 packages before failing Additional info: once out of at least 25 atempts to install the installation completed.i messde with the system for a little while,quit,came back later to start the system and it failed to boot due to a root file problem.i tried to do the install all over again and i'm back to the WARNING:
I get this error every time I try to install. The install eventually freezes. It just doesn't work.
Does booting with 'linux ide=nodma' help?
An email received from Pat: Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:19:11 -0400 From: "pat robertson" <plrsr> Subject: bug id 51489 To: <bfox> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 I used lowres and nofb during install boot and the install was succesful.I do +need to add more ram. thank you
Since Pat's issue seems to be resolved, I'm closing this bug. James, if you still see trouble, please reopen this bug.