From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 Description of problem: Booting from the installation CD. The entire installation process goes smoothly until after packages have been selected for installation. Anaconda recognizes the hardware (I'm using an old Dell Optiplex GX111. Anaconda sees an Intel810 video card and a Dell M770 monitor). The installation process is simple: 1. Select a generic 3-button mouse. 2. Choose to install a "personal desktop" (I also tried Workstation) 3. Choose to autopartition (I also tried manual partitioning) 4. Choose to "remove all partitions" 5. Select GRUB as the bootstrapper 6. Select DHCP to obtain IP address 7. Enable SSH (and DHCP) 8. Choose English as language 9. Select EST as the timezone 10. Set the su password and create one user account 11. Accept the default packages for installation Anaconda now warns that the next step is not undoable. I select OK. The screen changes to show two empty "progress bars", but within a few seconds, a dialog box pops up with an error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 786, in handleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallback() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.ph", line 149, in renderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 632, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 215, in moveStep rc=apply(func,self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 430, in turnOnFilesystems partitions.doMetaDeletes(diskset) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", line 1110, in doMetaDeletes lvm.vgactivate() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/lvm.py", line 54, in vgactivate searchPath=1) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 66, in execWithRedirect childpid = os.fork() OSError: [Errno12] Cannot allocate memory I have used disk images from different mirror locations, and used 3 different CD burners to create the installation CDs. All fail in the same way. I would certainly appreciate any feedback! I've wasted far too many hours trying to get this to work so that I can teach my students how to do the same thing for a graduate course I'm teaching Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Copied from description above: Run the installation process: 1. Select a generic 3-button mouse. 2. Choose to install a "personal desktop" (I also tried Workstation) 3. Choose to autopartition (I also tried manual partitioning) 4. Choose to "remove all partitions" 5. Select GRUB as the bootstrapper 6. Select DHCP to obtain IP address 7. Enable SSH (and DHCP) 8. Choose English as language 9. Select EST as the timezone 10. Set the su password and create one user account 11. Accept the default packages for installation Actual Results: Copied from description above: Anaconda now warns that the next step is not undoable. I select OK. The screen changes to show two empty "progress bars", but within a few seconds, a dialog box pops up with an error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 786, in handleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallback() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.ph", line 149, in renderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 632, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 215, in moveStep rc=apply(func,self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 430, in turnOnFilesystems partitions.doMetaDeletes(diskset) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", line 1110, in doMetaDeletes lvm.vgactivate() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/lvm.py", line 54, in vgactivate searchPath=1) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 66, in execWithRedirect childpid = os.fork() OSError: [Errno12] Cannot allocate memory Expected Results: Installation should have completed successfully. Additional info:
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.
The suggested work-around does the job. I have successfully installed 8.0. Thanks to Mr. Yohe for the help! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 76123 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.