On Mon, 03 May 2004 08:22:29 +1000, Edwin Humphries wrote:
> I tried:
>
>
> 1. Installing off newly burned CDs - same problem 2. Installing via
> local FTP from previously downloaded ISOs - same problem
> 3. Installing via local FTP from rpms extracted from previously
> downloded ISOs - same problem
> 4. Installing via local from newly re-downloaded rpms - same problem
>
>
> I'm fresh out of ideas - does anyone have any suggestions? :-/
>
>
> On 1 May 2004 at 4:36, Robert C Paulsen Jr wrote:
>
>
>> On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 02:28, Edwin Humphries wrote:
>>
>>> I'm installing fedora on a windows XP computer: it has a 40Gb
>>> partition: 13Gb NTFS windows system partition, 102 boot Linux
>>> partition, 11.9 Gb Linux root partition, 957 Mb Linux swap
>>> partition, and 2 Fat32 shared data partitions.
>>>
>>> I've been consistently getting 2 errors:
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. when partitioning, I get a "boot partition /boot may not
>>> meet booting constraints of your system for you architecture".
>>>
>>
>> Should not be a problem. It means that the partition containing
>> the /boot directory is beyond cylinder 1023. In the past this was
>>
> likely
>> to prevent the kernel from being reachable by the boot process.
>>
> Should
>> be OK nowadays (but I don't know if dual boot with XP makes a
>> difference). In any case it will not prevent a successful install.
>>
>>>
>>> 2. when installing packages (at random stages): "There was an
>>>
> error
>>> installing [package]. This can indicate media failure, lack of
>>>
> disk
>>> space, and/or hardware problems. This is a fatal error and your
>>> install will be aborted. Please verify your media and try your
>>> install again. Press the OK button to reboot your system." The
>>>
> media
>>> has checked out fine.
>>>
>>
>> Sounds like hardware/media problems. Does it always occur with
>> the same CD? Try to get a replacement CD.
>>
>> --
>> Bob
Ive had similar problems when installing both RH9 and Fedora - the problem with my machine was a dodgy stick of RAM. Have you ran memtest86 - its on the fedora installation CD - just enter memtest86 at the boot prompt. If it comes back with loads of errors then either the stick of RAM is on its way out or the RAM settings in the BIOS are set incorrectly.
It sounds odd but I was also dual booting and Windows had no problems with the same RAM - mine just turned out to be the wrong settings in the BIOS.
HTH
Jeff
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