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

[Dan Hunter]

Dumb thought, can you download the ISO image again and try burning that 
image to disc?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Powell" <powellj at gmail.com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: Install fails during installation of rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803


> John Powell wrote:
>
>> John Powell wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
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>> So I just did something I should have done a while ago but thought was 
>> uneccessary since I performed a media check on all install discs.
>>
>> Accessing the install console on Terminal F2 I attempted to install the 
>> rpm manually and got the following error...
>>
>> "error: /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803.i386.rpm: V3 
>> DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e..."
>>
>> Isn't this exactley what the media check is looking at when verifying the 
>> contents of the installation disc? Why would media check pass in this 
>> case?
>>
>> I am going to try once again to burn another CD and attempt the same 
>> steps. Who knows... maybe I will get lucky.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
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> No luck. The new cd I burned yielded the same results.
>
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