Segmentation fault installing Debian
Hi, I have a Compaq Contura 3/25 notebook, 386SL, 6mb RAM, 115mb HD. I am trying to install Debian on a second partition created by FIPS. The first partition is a 60mb for Dos/Win3.1, the rest for Linux. However, in the install routine for Debian, when I try to partition the hard disk, the choice is /dev/hda. When I hit OK on that, the screen flashes segmentationfault in the lower left and then goes back to the setup prog like nothing happened. so I can't install Debian! =( How can I get around this? I can't wait to try it. Tony
Re: Segmentation fault installing Debian
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Tony wrote: Hi, I have a Compaq Contura 3/25 notebook, 386SL, 6mb RAM, 115mb HD. I am trying to install Debian on a second partition created by FIPS. The first partition is a 60mb for Dos/Win3.1, the rest for Linux. However, in the install routine for Debian, when I try to partition the hard disk, the choice is /dev/hda. When I hit OK on that, the screen flashes segmentationfault in the lower left and then goes back to the setup prog like nothing happened. so I can't install Debian! =( How can I get around this? I can't wait to try it. This isn't a great workaround, not even a good one, but I'd go to a prompt and run fdisk (instead of cfdisk which the install starts for you). Press m for help, it's more primitive than cfdisk, but that's why I like it. Depending on where cfdisk is segfaulting, fdisk could do the same thing. Anyway, after you get a running system, you could try to figure out what's going on (ie strace cfdisk) or that sort of thing. good luck -dan
Re: Segmentation fault installing Debian
This isn't a great workaround, not even a good one, but I'd go to a prompt and run fdisk (instead of cfdisk which the install starts for you). Press m for help, it's more primitive than cfdisk, but that's why I like it. Depending on where cfdisk is segfaulting, fdisk could do the same thing. Anyway, after you get a running system, you could try to figure out what's going on (ie strace cfdisk) or that sort of thing. hehehe, thing is, how do I do that? I am a total newbie to this. I only know my stuff about DOS/Win. How would I get to a prompt? All I have on the HD right now is one DOS partition and the other blank one. I see your logic perfectly, it is the way I want to do it but I don't know enough to get it done. =) Can you fill me in some more? So this segmentation fault must be some kind of incompatibility, no? Thanks a lot, Tony
Re: Segmentation fault installing Debian
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Tony wrote: This isn't a great workaround, not even a good one, but I'd go to a prompt and run fdisk (instead of cfdisk which the install starts for you). Press m for help, it's more primitive than cfdisk, but that's why I like it. Depending on where cfdisk is segfaulting, fdisk could do the same thing. Anyway, after you get a running system, you could try to figure out what's going on (ie strace cfdisk) or that sort of thing. hehehe, thing is, how do I do that? I am a total newbie to this. I only know my stuff about DOS/Win. How would I get to a prompt? All I have on the HD right now is one DOS partition and the other blank one. I see your logic perfectly, it is the way I want to do it but I don't know enough to get it done. =) Can you fill me in some more? Sure, hit Alt+F2 and it'll tell you to hit enter for a prompt. there's also a menu option in the main install menu go to prompt or something like that... haven't installed in a while, I'm not sure the exact text. you'll have to type fdisk /dev/hda or whatever... hda is your first ide drive, hdb your second, etc... So this segmentation fault must be some kind of incompatibility, no? Well, it's commonly caused by a memory leak in the application in question. Sometimes it's a hardware problem, it's about as general as a GPF only it's not the same thing. Unlike GPF's though, a segfault just brings down the application in question and not the whole machine! In something as tested as cfdisk, I doubt it's a memory leak, but you never know, that's why I suggested strace... if you've done C programming, maybe you could narrow down the place where it segfaults and file a bugreport. good luck -Dan
