Installation errors

[Matt Morgan]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:06:00 -1000, Claus Hetzer
<chetzer at isla.hawaii.edu> wrote:
> Aloha-
> 
> I am attempting to install Fedora Release 3 on a Gateway machine with an
> Athlon processor, 128MB RAM, 20GB hard disk.  I manage to get through
> all of the setup phases, filesystem allocation, package selection, etc.
>   Installation appears to be going swimmingly, but then I get the
> following error:
> 
> "There was an error installing tcsh-6.13-9.  This can indicate media
> failure, lack of disk space, and/or hardware problems.  This is a fatal
> error and your install will be aborted.  Please verify your media and
> try your install again."
> 
> I have gotten this message 3 times now, each time failing on a different
> package (tcsh, festival, and curses).  I verified all of my media before
> I started, all passed, and I have gotten this from 2 different
> installation disks.  The disk images also passed the md5sum test when I
> downloaded them.  Since the first failure I have done no custom
> filesystem partitioning, so I just have 1 giant partition that
> everything is being installed into and I don't think its a disk space
> problem.  The media pass the pre-install check.  Any other ideas as to
> what could be causing this problem?  This computer used to have Windows
> 2000 on it and I ran a Norton check before I started, no disk problems
> were indicated.  Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

You're a little light on RAM ... if you aren't already, try installing
in text mode by typing

linux text

at the boot prompt that comes up after you boot from disc 1.