Try hitting CTRL+ALT+F3/4/5/6 (can't remember which is which) for important debug info and post here
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Bruno Rebeschini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am new to fedora-list and fedora-laptop-list... Here is an issue I > raised on fedora-list, but it might be more relevant here. > > Please let me know if anyone can help me to progress. > > Thanks, > Bruno > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: "install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old > laptop > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:32:04 +0000 > From: Bruno Rebeschini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi All, > > I am trying to install the new Fedora 8 XFCE spin > ( > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg00005.html > ) > > on a very old laptop (see specs below)... but I have not succeeded yet. > > i386 install media for this spin is not directly available, so I > downloaded the i386 DVD and made its content available on a http server > on my local network to start from here. Then, I still have to figure out > how to use the kickstart file in the process to end up with the XFCE > spin on my good old machine. > > I burned the boot CD to start the network install, and provided the http > path for anaconda to access the packages. Anaconda then starts to > retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is the > message I get: > "Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait... > install exited abnormally [1/1]" > then the systems shuts down. > > I assume that my config for an http install is fine as anaconda manages > to access the packages... but I can't figure out why it crashes. > > Can anyone help please? > > Thanks, > Bruno > > Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT - CPU: AMD K6 475MHz - HDD: 4GB - RAM: 192MB > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list >
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