On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:14:40 -0800 "Kevin Brouelette" <kevin@texum.com> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I had to attempt to reinstall 8.0 on a machine that had it working before. Looks like i > installed too much junk and the x server crashed badly amongst other things. > > > > Here's the problem. > > > > I get to the part where the partitions are to be formated and the installation crashes > after it comes to the end of formating the last partition. > > > > Basically nothing will install, i have tried a few different os's. > > > > I might have messed up my disk by fdisking it with a win 95 disk and formating, or my > mbr is messed up. > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > Marek > > Hello, > Depending on the hard drive brand you can go the their site and get a software to create a > bootable > floppy that will run diagnostics on the drive to see if it's bad. If it tests good then > you may have something > else going on with your hardware. > Another thing you can try is booting the install media and type 'linux text' and press > enter > to do a text install. On machines where the GUI installer won't run this can help. If it > does > break on the install, press 'ctrl-alt-F4' to see any kernel messages that may give you a > clue. > As a last resort, boot the install media and type 'linux rescue' and hit enter a few times > to get to a > prompt. You can completly wipe the drive with the following command [assuming your drive > is hda] > > cat /dev/zero > /dev/hda > > and wait for the process to finish. This will blow away all partitions/mbr etc. Reboot > the install > media and try to install 8.0 again [It will say you need to initialize the drive, say > 'yes'] > > Those are my few ideas and I hope that is helpful. > > Kevin Brouelette, RHCE > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > Ok thanx i am trying that now. Just forgot to mention that when i run a live knoppix disk it boots up ok but after a while i get this error, memory:c:00 bad pmd 000080000 Marek -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
