"install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old laptop

[Ahmed Kamal]

Try hitting CTRL+ALT+F3/4/5/6 (can't remember which is which) for important
debug info and post here

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Bruno Rebeschini <brebesch at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am new to fedora-list and fedora-laptop-list... Here is an issue I
> raised on fedora-list, but it might be more relevant here.
>
> Please let me know if anyone can help me to progress.
>
> Thanks,
> Bruno
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: "install exited abnormally" when trying to install F8 on old
> laptop
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:32:04 +0000
> From: Bruno Rebeschini <brebesch at googlemail.com>
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to install the new Fedora 8 XFCE spin
> (
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-February/msg00005.html
> )
>
> on a very old laptop (see specs below)... but I have not succeeded yet.
>
> i386 install media for this spin is not directly available, so I
> downloaded the i386 DVD and made its content available on a http server
> on my local network to start from here. Then, I still have to figure out
> how to use the kickstart file in the process to end up with the XFCE
> spin on my good old machine.
>
> I burned the boot CD to start the network install, and provided the http
> path for anaconda to access the packages. Anaconda then starts to
> retrieve the /images/minstg2.img packages and then crashes. Here is the
> message I get:
> "Running anaconda 11.3.0.50, the Fedora system installer - please wait...
> install exited abnormally [1/1]"
> then the systems shuts down.
>
> I assume that my config for an http install is fine as anaconda manages
> to access the packages... but I can't figure out why it crashes.
>
> Can anyone help please?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruno
>
> Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT - CPU: AMD K6 475MHz - HDD: 4GB - RAM: 192MB
>
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