Re: Random install hang FC2 on KM266 mobo

From: Wayne Stidolph (wayne_at_stidolph.com)
Date: 05/20/04

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    Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 10:33:52 -0700
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    David, thanks!

    Memtest hung reliably on test #5, so that led me to hardware problems
    (fixed by swapping out the CPU).

    Now I need to sort out why X won't start ("no devices found") ... sheesh!

    Wayne

    David Ash wrote:

    > try replacing the cdrom
    > also fedora has a memtest on the boot cd
    > you could also try the install on another machine and then swap hard
    > drives back.
    >
    > Wayne Stidolph wrote:
    >
    >> I've searched archives, not encountered a fix ... pointers to FAQ/doc
    >> would be appreciated...
    >>
    >> I had RG9 running in this box and old motherboard failed. So, I
    >> bought an MSI KM2M Combo-L (KM266 with integrated S3 ProSavage video,
    >> etc) and just fired RH disk back up. Well, it hangs during boot on
    >> "Finding module dependencies ..." so I decided to just upgrading to
    >> FC2, figured that might handle whatever the hardware issues are.
    >>
    >> Bum the FC2 install hangs. It's always after I have gotten past the
    >> "transferring install image to hard disk" step. Once or twice it hung
    >> in "Preparing RPM transaction", once during "Preparing to install"
    >> (at about 7/8 done) and a couple times while actaully writing
    >> packages to the hard disk (got glibc transferred, hung moving
    >> iproute, that sort of thing). It's random ...
    >>
    >> I've turned on and off USB legacy support, APIC. I've tried graphical
    >> and text-install. What else?
    >>
    >> Thanks lots,
    >>
    >> Wayne
    >>
    >>
    >
    > 

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