I have the same error signal 11 during installation of RH 6.2 but the CD-ROM is 32x and the CD is a recently pressed one. There is no problem loading other distributions. regards Craig Warner Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 09:06:22 +1000 From: Adrian Chiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [SLUG] Redhat 6.2 install experience (signal7 or 11 errors) Hi Slug members, a few weeks ago I posted a message saying I had trouble installing Redhat 6.2. Problem: I kept getting signal 7 and signal 11 during installation. I checked the help page on Redhat's FAQ and it suggested hardware problems like RAM. Solution: It was nothing to do with the hardware (phew). I found the problem to the CD-R that was made. My Pentium75 with quad speed cd was having trouble reading this particular CD-R. So what I did was make a copy but burning it at 2x speed. And now the install works fine! (stating the obvious...) I noticed that if the Redhat Installer takes a long time to come up, the cd drive is probably having trouble reading the CD. (shouldn't take more then a minute from boot floppy disk...) btw: the disk was purchased at a local linux merchant. have fun! Adrian. - -- Access1 http://www.access1.com.au Address MLC Centre, Level 46 19-29 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone +61 2 9233 8883 Fax +61 2 9233 8885 Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 10:05:39 +1000 From: Ken Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Redhat 6.2 install experience (signal7 or 11 errors) >Solution: >It was nothing to do with the hardware (phew). >I found the problem to the CD-R that was made. My Pentium75 with quad >speed cd >was having trouble reading this particular CD-R. So what I did was >make a copy but burning it at 2x speed. > >And now the install works fine! > >(stating the obvious...) I noticed that if the Redhat Installer takes >a long time to come up, the cd drive is probably having trouble reading >the CD. >(shouldn't take more then a minute from boot floppy disk...) > >btw: the disk was purchased at a local linux merchant. Aging and older model CDROM drives, and yours is a 4x, have more trouble reading CD-Rs than pressed CDs. Apparently the signal strength is lower. It also depends a bit on the CD-R material, some dyes have better "contrast" than others. - --
