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Re: trouble installing CentOS 5.3 (after failing with Fedora 8) | |
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 03:07:37PM -0400, Buz Davis wrote: > I wasn't sure whether or not to use the old thread about trouble > installing Fedora 8 or not, but decided to open a new thread. As the > matters are loosely related let me briefly recapitulate the previous: > > ---background--- > I have a small fixed ip network at home, running red hat 9 on two > amd k6 500 Mhz boxes. One has 256 M memory and the other 320 M. They > pretty much meet my needs, but lately I have detected that the internet > sites > I frequent are requiring some more modern software than I can run. At > the time this started I had no way to write a CD, so ordered a set of > Fedora 8 disks. I picked an older version in recognition of my older, > limited hardware. It turned out that F8 had a problem with amd > processors, which was fixed in a respin but the set I had was the > original release and the respins don't seem to be available. During > the process of attempting to get the install to work I bought yet > another old system, but this one running an intel processor and with a > drive capable of burning CD's. (I had to replace a broken Win XP with > RH9 to get to it, but it did give me capacity to burn CDs). F8 wouldn't > install on that box because of hard disk problems. At this point I > determined to abandon attempts with F8 and ordered a copy of CentOS 5.3, > the i386 version. > > --- end background --- > > The problem: > The CentOS failed also. I could get the first screen up, offering > choices of how to boot, and if I asked for memtest86 that would start. > However, any other choice resulted in a reboot (generally during loading > of vmlinux). Sometimes the disk wouldn't be recognized as bootable. > I have convinced myself that the disks are OK and that I must need > either better hardware or more memory (but this is the i386 version of > CentOS 5.3) or some parameter on the install that I haven't tried > (and I've tried about all I have found or remember). I would appreciate > any help. Your K6 machines are classified as i586 architecture. They are a "super Pentium", but not enough to be classed as i686. I know. I still have one of those in retirement. I had the same problem on my antique IBM Thinkpad with a Pentium MMX 233 (remember those?). It also is classed as i586. Though I couldn't verify it in the docs or READMEs, I suspect that CentOS works only on i686 or better. Happily, Fedora 9 loaded just fine on it. Real Soon Now I need to upgrade it to F10 or F11. > Would it be considered bad behavior to also post this on the CentOS > mailing list ? Not at all. Go for it. > What I've done so far: > At first I thought that the disk must be bad (couldn't even run a > mediacheck) and emailed the vendor. Then it occurred to me that I could > perhaps download and burn disk 1of6 and use that to get the install > started. I reaized that the process would be a bit "iffy" on a box with > hard-disk problems, and also I had never burned a cd, but googled around > for instructions and plunged in. I downloaded an ios, checked it with > md5sum and it was OK. I copied it to the "new" computer via NFS and > checked it again: OK. I burned a CD using cdrecord, and that appeared > to work. The result behaved much like the original had. I tried two > more times, varying stuff that I thought might affect the burn, and > always got the same sort of behavior. Finally I tried mounting each of > the four disks 1of6 I now had and copied (from /dev/cdrom rather than > /mnt/cdrom, so as to avoid separating out the files) each to a separate > directory and compared them. All three that I burned were identical. > The "store bought" disk was a little larger, but compared OK up to EOF > (and I recall reading that mass-produced disks might be different in > their padding). So I am convinced now that there is nothing wrong with > either the original or recently burned disks 1of6 > and the problem must either be requiring better/more hardware (but this > is the i386 version of cent OS) or some parameter on the install I have > never heard of. Cheers, -- Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc. bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bobcatos.com After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:27-28 (NIV) _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe