Installation errors

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Claus Hetzer" <chetzer at isla.hawaii.edu>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: Installation errors


> 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

At the installation prompt, try:

linux text ide-cd=nodma

or maybe:

linux text ide=nodma

Thomas