FC4 install aborts abnormally after copying install image to drive

[Jim Cornette]

Chris Ong wrote:

> Deron Meranda wrote:
>
>> I can not seem to get the install to ever get to that part where it
>> starts installing the individual packages.  Is there anything I can
>> do, or any sort of tracing or better logging I could enable?
>
> You can always switch to tty3 (Ctrl-Alt-F3)and tty4(Ctrl-Alt-F3) for 
> all the installation logggin.
>
Did you try to do a text install? How much memory do you have in your 
computer? Are you using acpi?

I had a problem similar to this on the test release. It left a partially 
formed tree and updated a few packages. All processes seemed to be 
stopped except for a few basic processes. I could still use the shell.

I got past this problem with adding more memory to my computer. The 
problem did not hsppen on an upgrade, just a clean install. Your problem 
might not be this type, but just in case, I thought I'd bring up the 
problem that I encountered. The text installation presented me with the 
same sort of failure. Additional memory was the key.

Jim

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