Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 53428
Installer freezes comp when trying to format swap space
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:36:58 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt) Description of problem: When I try to install RedHat 7.1 from CD I get a system freeze when it trys to format the swap space(400 MB). On the last option when it format's the partitions it goes through the other drives and get's through them fine, When it get's to the last one (swap) it freezes. I've tried useing fdisk and druwid, also varying configs such as makeing 3 drives or 4, swap first to format or last... Same result.. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start anaconda 2. Fdisk one swap partition(400 MB) and 1 linux native (1.2 GB) 3. Continue install, right before packages install, it tries to format swap the partition, after or before native partition Actual Results: System hangs with a thin green line appearing across top of screen. No mouse or keyboard input recognized. No system beeps, nothing. The green line isn't new or part of the problem. That always happens when I get a system crash.. Your results may varry... Expected Results: Shoud have formated swap partition and installed packages Additional info:
I have figured out that it's not actually the swap partition that's causeing the freeze. It's the package install.. If I install 5.1 and then start the 7.1 install under upgrade option it asks's me first to increase swap size, or skip that step.. If I skip that step it will start installing packages. Then randomly lock up during different package installs.. Sometimes at 20%, 45% the most I got was 60%....
I have also done a md5check sum on my iso files before I burned them.. They check out ok... Any that can help please do, This is frustutating. I really want to get 7.1 up and running...
I currently have RH 5.1 installed on my comp.I've tried as an clean install or as an upgrade. I start the install either way by booting the comp with a win 98 bootdisk and then going to /dosutils and running autoboot... Since I have RH 5.1 on my sytem is there a way to start the install from linux? maybe that would work better?
you skipped adding swap? If so, your machine is running into VM corner cases because you did not add swap.
I've gotten it to increace the file.. One time I clicked skip to see what it would do and it did the same thing.. LOCK UP
Yes, it's probably going to lock up if it runs out of swap. Here's a few questions: 1) How much RAM do you have in your machine? 2) How much swap do you have configured for your 5.1 system? 3) How big did you set the swap file to be during the upgrade?
I have 128 MB of ram in my computer.. is a dell dimention with a P2 500 in it, 9GB hard drive, one cd rom, one floppy, nothing out of the ordanery... My 5.1 wouldn't let me go higher then 126 which is what I used... When I get to the swap part of 7.1 install it suggestes 532 I think it was.. off the top of my head I know it was around 500 or so.... So I set it at the default suggested value (532)
I have submited a new bug number: 53658 detailing my attepmts to install 7.1 upgrade over 5.1, a very though discription please read...
I don't know what the problem could be. I have Dell machines that I do testing on all the time, and I can't reproduce the behavior you are seeing. What about trying a fresh install?
Any more info here?
There is no info to provide.. I gave up and installed manhatten.. thanks anyway...
Ok. Closing as worksforme.