Install fails during installation of rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803

[Rick Stevens]

On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 07:34 -0700, Bret Stern wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> > [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of 
> > John Powell
> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:38 PM
> > To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Install fails during installation of 
> > rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803
> > 
> > So I have been struggling with this for a while and have 
> > decided to give up and ask for help.
> > 
> > I am attempting to install RHEL 4 AS Update 4 on a system 
> > with the following spec/conf.
> > 
> > Gigabyte 8iexp system board (Intel 845e) Pentium 4 2.8Ghz CPU
> > 2 Gig Mem
> > 2 ATA WD 80 Gig drives
> > GForce 4 compatible video
> > 
> > The Installation consistently fails on the second cd while 
> > installing the aforementioned rpm. The Install error is 
> > something like... 
> > "Installation of rpm blah failed... this could happen due to 
> > corrupt download, media, and/or hardware"... since I have 
> > verified that the cd's
> > md5 checks out as well as run media check to verify the media 
> > is correct I am left with the apparent fact that my hardware 
> > isn't going to cut it. 
> > Can someone verify that this is indeed the case else provide 
> > some suggestion as to what I should try to get the 
> > installation past the installation of this rpm?

You say "ATA" drives.  Are they PATA (IDE) or SATA?  Are they set up as
a RAID?  If so, hardware or software.

You may also want to try turning off DMA on the CD during the install.
If your CD shows up as device /dev/hdc, try adding "hdc=nodma" to the
end of the "boot:" prompt:

	boot: linux hdc=nodma

You may want to try turning off DMA on IDE completely:

	boot: linux ide=nodma

Also, try disabling APIC operations by adding " noapic" to the boot
command:

	boot: linux noapic

You may need a combination:

	boot: linux ide=nodma noapic

> > Thanks in advance.

Good luck!

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