On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:16:36 -0600 "Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Trying to do a "darned near Everything" 32-bit installation on an old > Thinkpad A22p with 1GHz P-III/M and 512MB. Several hours in things > appeared to stall during the wesnoth-data RPM. I'm still seeing a > fairly steady disk activity light, but I suspect there may be a > spanner in the spokes. Switching to the F2 console, df shows no > changes in disk space used/available for the past 6+ hours. > > Can I do anything at this point besides punt and start over? Is it > possible to go to the F2 console to stop/change/restart anything and > resume the installation? > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL > It could be that what your seeing is 'thrashing' as the system reaches its limits for memory use (how much swap is used?). It might be that after a very long time everything will be resolved. However, you might want to consider just reinstalling with a minimal install. After that is going, *then* install all the other stuff. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
