To answer your questions: 1. No, it seems to fail on a random package. 2. No, my system is not overclocked. 3. Yes, the install works flawlessly with a 2.2 kernel. However, when I boot into 8.2, it is extremely crash prone. It can't seem to stay running for more than a few minutes under X. This is my third attempt at getting this e-mail out. Let me know if there's anything I can give you that will help you get to the bottom of this problem. -- Dave
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 02:13, you wrote: > Dave Cowern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hey all, > > I posted awhile ago about having trouble installing the betas. Beta 4 > > is unfortunately no better for me. In addition to the things I tried > > before (I've copied my original message below for completeness), I've > > changed my partitions from ReiserFS to ext3 and also ext2, I've used 3 > > different kinds of CDRs (including ones I've used very successfully in > > the past to install mdk isos), I've used 3 different CD drives (one DVD > > drive, one CDR drive, and one plain old CD drive). I've tried it with > > passing the kernel options I need (ide2=.... for a IDE controller card). > > I've tried it with various security settings. The install crashes while > > installing packages every single time. It doesn't bomb out with an > > error, it just hangs. I've let this thing sit for 12 or more hours and > > it doesn't budge. > > My question this time around is I've seen people posting all kinds of > > nice logs showing where the install has failed or given them an error. > > Where do I get those from on my machine? I rebooted using the rescue > > option and poked around in /tmp and /var/log but all the files there were > > empty. > > As always, any suggestions are welcome. I really want to get this > > working on my machine before 8.2 ships... I don't relish the thought of > > using 8.1 until 9.0 comes out. Thanks! -- Dave > > > > Oh, P.S. -- Warly posted 5 criteria earlier for another install problem > > earlier this week. In case anyone is tempted to regurgitate them, here > > are my responses. > > mmm, a tough one... > > 1. Does it crash on the same package (for that set the details mode and see > or boot with rescue and read the /root/drakx/ddebug.log) > > 2. Is your machine overclocked ? > > 3. Do you experienced the same behavior with a 2.2 kernel (boot with the > second CD, use alternate 2.2 kernel, or make a bootdisk with alternatives > images in /images/alternatives) > > 4. Can you do a hd install (copying the CD on a partition and using second > CD or hd boot images to start the install from it)
