fc3 T3 spins after "Checking for previous fedora installations"

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Hi Chris,

I don't know enough to know if I'm looking at a kernel panic.

When I try a text install I get what looks like random characters and:

install exited abnormally [1/1]

cntrl-alt-f4 gives me:

<4> [<c0478748>] sys_oldumount+0xd/0xf
<4> [<c0402e57>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
<4>DWARF2 unwinder stuck at syscall_call+0x7/0xb
<4>Leftover inexact backtrace:
<4> [<c040397e>]  show_stack_log_lvl+0x8a/0x95
<4> [<c0403aae>]  show_registers+0x125/0x192
<4> [<c05f53e6>] die+0x15f/0x262
<4> [<...>] do_trap...
<4> [<...>] do_invalid..
<4> [<...>] error_code...
<4> [<...>] shrink_dcache_for_umount...
<4> [<...>] generic_shutdown_super...
<4> [<...>] kill_block_super...
<4> [<...>] deactivate_super...
<4> [<...>] mntput_no_expire...
<4> [<...>] path_release_on_umount...
<4> [<...>] sys_umount...
<4> [<...>] sys_oldumount...
<4> [<c0402e57>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
<0>Code: 02 00 00 8b 40 1c 85 d2 8b 00 c7 45 f0 00 00 00 00 74 06 8b 52 20 89 55 f0 57 50 56 51 ff 75 f0 53 68 d5 75 61 c0 e8 a1 33 fa ff <0f> 0b 67 02 c9 75 61 c0 83 c4 1c 8b 73 3c 39 de 75 04 31 f6 eb
<0>EIP: [<c0473678>] shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree+0x146/0x1d6 SS:ESP 0068:ca15feb4
<4>



 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chris Lumens <clumens at redhat.com>
> > I don't remember the exact phrasing but the fc3 t3 install hangs after I see 
> the "Checking for previous fedora installations."  In the lower right hand 
> corner of my screen the pointer sits with the blue dots spinning around it.  
> > 
> > I have mouse control.  I tested the media.  This also occurred w/ fc3 t2.  
> > 
> > The last thing I installed was some version of SUSE.  It's installed on hda2, 
> and fc5 is installed on hda3.  I wonder if the SUSE install changed something to 
> screw up this install.
> 
> Press ctrl-alt-f4.  Does it look like a kernel panic?  We've seen things
> like this before where there's kernel troubles when reading the reiserfs
> filesystem.
> 
> - Chris
> 
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