Installation errors

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 14 February 2005 15:25, Chris Stark wrote:
>Claus Hetzer 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.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Claus Hetzer
>
>Aloha Claus,
>
>This is kind of a shot in the dark, but have you tried using the DVD
>image instead of the CDs? Could your CD-ROM drive be hosed? It's
> strange to me that your disks check out but you error on the same
> file every time. Do any of the other Fedoras (or any other Linux
> for that matter) work on this system?

Reread please, he said a different file every time.

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