Hey Siram, I tried what you suggested below, but it did not work. I downloaded RedHat 7.2 and burned it to a CD, and at least it gives the following error message:
CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004 Bank 2: b600000000140000 at 3600000000140000 Kernel panic CPU context corrupt. Sounds pretty bad, huh? I looked inside the box, and found out be checking out the manual that came with the motherboard that there is a jumper that has nothing on it but is supposed to define the CPU speed. Could that be the problem? But I still find it weird that Windows 98 runs fine on this machine and Linux 5.2 does too. - Bjarki > i faced one such problem but am not sure if this would work out for u.. > > just give about 2-5 MB free space after providing the partition information....(leave some free space)and start .... > i gave about 5 MB free space and it happily started installing > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > !Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:38:05 -0600 > !From: Aaron Konstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > !Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > !To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > !Subject: Re: Installation problems Red Hat 7.1 > ! > !On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 04:44:57PM -0800, Bjarki Bjorgulfsson wrote: > !> Hello everyone, > !> > !> I'm having huge problems with my Red Hat 7.1 Linux installation. The > !> computer always freezes during the installation process (when the packages > !> are being installed/copyed) > !> I have partitioned my drive with a Windows partition at the beginning and > !> Linux at the end of the drive(/ = 6Gig, 512swap and about 2Gig /home). I > !> have tried the text installation method but it also crashes. > !> > !> I have pretty shitty hardware in this machine, it is one of those integrated > !> systems with the NIC, soundcard and AGP bundled into the motherboard. The > !> video card is Alladin RIVA TNT2 with 32 MB memory. Intel Pentium 800Mhz > !> processor and 20 GB drive. It has one 256MB RAM chip and 52x CD ROM. I do > !> know that I can't run Win 2000 nor Win XP on this machine due to shitty > !> hardware. Only Win 98 works on it. > !> > !> I'm starting to think that the RedHat CD is bad or something. I bought the > !> Red hat 7.1 Bible and got the CD with it. The weird thing is that I do have > !> an old Redhat 5.2 system CD that installs fine from the CD rom. What does > !> that tell you? > !> > !> Is it possible to install from the FAT32 Windows partiton, if I copy the > !> RPMS and Base to it? I have tried it but the Linux installation program > !> always says that the directory I point to doesn't have the CD images or > !> something like that. Isn't it enough to copy the base folder and RPMS folder > !> into a directory on the Windows Partition and point to that directory during > !> the install? I have tried copying only the RPMS and Base directories and > !> also the whole CD but neither does work. > !> > !> Do you guys have any suggestions? > !> > !> my best, > !> Bjarki Bjorgulfsson > !I am not sre from your description what you did. What you should do > !is start with the Linux CD and partition the disk, The Linux > !partitions should be ext2 and the swap partition should be swap > !partitioned. The Windows partition should be identified as Fat32. > !After Linux is installed then install the windows. The windows could > !be installed first but the partitioning needs to be done first with > !the Linux CD> > !-- > !------------------------------------------- > !Aaron Konstam > !Computer Science > !Trinity University > !715 Stadium Dr. > !San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > ! > !telephone: (210)-999-7484 > !email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ! > ! > ! > !_______________________________________________ > !Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > !https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > ! > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > When I read about the evils of smoking , I gave up reading > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
