[ale] RH 7.3 install locks up :(

[Geoffrey]

Matt Smith wrote:
> The RH install has multiple terminals that are used - you can switch between
> them with the ALT-1,2,3,4.. or is it ALT-SHIFT-1,2,3,4.. I forget...  if
> you're doing a graphical install, the xwindows session is usually #8.
> 
> One of those has some text output of what it's actually doing - it might
> provide an informative error message.

No can do.  I tried that.  At least the screen is locked up. 
cntrl-alt-del wouldn't reboot, I had to power it down.

> 
> 
> --Matt
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:26 AM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] RH 7.3 install locks up :(
> 
> 
> I'm doing my first ever install on an amd machine, and have run into a 
> problem.  K6 500 with 128mb ram.  Anyway, it get's through installing 
> all the apps and I get a window that says, (paraphrased, sorry) 
> something to the effect:  post installation configuration, with a 
> progress bar that's about 3/4 complete.  It just sits there.  keyboard 
> caps light will toggle, but cntrl-alt-del does nothing.  This has 
> happened twice on the same machine over two different attempts.  One, I 
> left overnight.
> 
> More info that might be necessary.  Currently has win98 installed, so 
> I'm trying to make it a dual-boot.  I used partition magic to create the 
> space for Linux.  I tried fips at first, but it complained that the last 
>   cylinder of the drive was not empty.  When I fdisked this thing, it 
> complained that the existing partitions did not sit on proper 
> boundaries, that this may or may not be a problem. I let it 
> autopartition and it came up with some wierd partitions.  It created 
> partitions between all the others that showed the same start/stop and 
> size of zero. ???  Also, it showed a small 7 mb section of empty space 
> at the end of the drive.  Now of course, windows fdisk didn't show any 
> of this stuff.  Basically showed me 4 partitions:
> 
> 1 linux boot
> 2. linux root
> 3. fat
> 4. extended linux swap
> 
> Any ideas why this thing's locking up on me????
> 


-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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