Severn installation failure

[Ron Cordell]

Hi all,

I attempted to install RH 9.0.93 (Severn) on a machine here today, but the 
installation failed almost at the end of installing the files. The error 
message was that the installer had encountered a critical failure and could 
not proceed, forcing me to reboot.

I have attempted to re-run the installation, but Anaconda refuses to run at 
all, giving me a fatal error message, then terminating. I have removed the 
partitions created during the first installation, but still Anaconda crashes 
and burns.

Is there anything else that I could change or fix to remedy this problem? I 
have other OSes loaded on this box, but I was installing to a separate hard 
drive, so I am able to boot another Linux instance and manipulate the HD. 
Also, the severn beta CD boots OK, but Anaconda dies.

Thanks for any hints,

-ronc