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

[John Powell]

Rick Stevens wrote:

>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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Rick,

Thanks for the responce. Here are the answers to your questions...

These drives are PATA and are setup in a non RAID configuration... just 
standard IDE (master/slave on the IDE bus 1).

I have tried several attempts using the boot options you specifed...
ide=nodma
noapic
ide=nodma + noapic

All install paths lead to the same error at the same point during the 
install.

I have also tried swapping out hardware... attempted a single IDE 80gig 
Barracuda drive, swapped out two different cdrom readers

The end result being I still get the same error. Pretty odd eh? I have 
never ever had such a hard time installing a linux distro before. Redhat 
9 went on smooth as can be with the originally specified config. Ubuntu, 
Mandrake also had a smooth installation. Fedora Core 5 actually hangs 
during the install however when switching bettween CD's or during some 
seemingly random RPM (was never the same one during the 5 attempts that 
I made and usually occurred on the first install disc).

So all of this and I am still left in the dark. Any further ideas?

Thanks,
John