Nope, the install does not complete, as a matter of fact it doesn't even
really start.
It gets as far as "Searching for previous installations", the screen
suddenly goes black and that is that.
I have to do a hardware reset.
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Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
Previous installs of what? FC6 Test releases or earlier versions.
I've not had any problems with this hardware since FC3.
This is strictly related to FC/6 Test 3 and it's not just this hardware.
I tried an install at work today on a machine with E-IDE drives and it
failed miserably (same X related problem). However I did successfully get
a "linux text askmethod" installation. That has not worked here at home.
I am getting confused.
Does the install complete or do you even get that far?
If you do get it installed, does the initrd fix actually get you any
farther?
I have not experienced any hangs on the install. It installs fine, just
kernel panics on reboot.
There is an x issue I have seen, but it only happens after the firstboot
process is completed.
If you use a rescue disc, are you also to get access to the install logs?
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:33:51 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
Thanks Alan
I'll try and try that if I ever get that far, however I'm having even
more problems than that.
During the install just after it announces it's searching for previous
Fedora installations X hangs forever at that point.
Have previous installs worked on this machine? I have not seen that. I
am using a AMD64 3700+ with 1 gig of ram and a nvidia 440go graphics card
and nforce3 sata chipset.
I've tried to start in "text" mode and it crashes completely leaving a
lot of "giberish" (nice technical term) characters and informs me I need
to reboot my computer.
I get the X crash after I have fixed everything andf have gone through
the "first boot" screen.
If I wiggle the mouse, it then tells me that the x server has died and
leads me through the steps to rebuild the X config. That seems to fix
the rest of the issues.
Linus refered to this sort of problem as a "paper bag bug". That is a
bug so bad that when released makes the developer want to wear a paper
bag over their head so they will not be recognised.
I haven't had this much trouble since Redhat 5. This seems more like a
test 1 than what is supposed to be in fact a release candidate.
I have not seen one this obnoxious since Slackware 3.0.
I'm running a
ASUS A8N-E
2G of RAM
Athlon 64 3400
Dual WD Raptor SATA I drives
NVidia GeForce 6600 GT video card
Installation media is fine and I've tried two different ones (DVD's that
is).
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Subject: Re: FC/6 Test 3 64bit Trouble
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:08:37 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, David Burgess wrote:
Has anyone gotten the x86_64 Test 3 to install from the DVD on a box
with SATA drives?
Yes.
Here is the trick to get it to work.
Install as normal. (If you already have an install you can skip this
step. ]:> )
Boot off the same disc in "rescue mode". ("linux rescue")
At the prompt:
chroot /mnt/sysimage
cd /boot
mkinitrd -v --image-version --nocompress initrd 2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
Edit /etc/grub.conf and add the following line:
initrd /initrd-2.6.17-1.2630.fc6
Save, sync the drive and reboot. With luck (and if you did it right),
it should work.
I had a problem with X as well, but reconfiguring the x server fixed
it. (Just follow the bouncing prompts.)
Hope that helps.
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