Description of problem: I have tried 10 times to install RH 8.0, without success. The error message, set forth below, is always the same. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 8.0 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start installation 2.Get through partitioning 3.Attempt to install packages and crashes Actual results: Crash Expected results: Successful installation of RH 8.0 packages Additional info: I have 2 hard drives. No matter how I attempt to partition them, I end up with the following error message when Red Hat attempts to install itsself: Traceback: File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/guy.py", line 786 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/process_guy.py", line 149 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/guy.py", line 632 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py, line 215 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 430 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", line 1110 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/lum.py", line 54 File file "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 66 OSError: [errno 12} cannot allocate memory
I have an Intel Celeron processor, Intel 82801 controller and two Maxtor HD. After getting through the partitioning problem on installation (I think), Anaconda won't install the packages. Error message dump is set forth above. See Bug No. 75162 for similar comments.
This appears to be a duplicate of Bug 76123. The problem is that there is not enough memory to process the transactions that are to be executed by the installer. Anaconda, in GUI mode, requires at least 64M of memory. You can alternatively attempt to install Red Hat Linux 8.0 in text mode by specifying "linux text" at the SYSLINUX prompt upon first boot.
How much RAM is in the system, and how much swap did you allocate (if applicable)?
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