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Re: exit on signal 11 in Mandrake/Redhat install
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Yedidia Klein wrote:
> hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Redhat/Mandrake (last or older version) on a P733 (VIO
> chipset) computer
Which version exactly?
Try to see in their site if this is not a nkown and corrected problem
> and the installation fail in the middle of copying packages, reboot saying
> Exit on Signal 11...
SIGSEGV - segmentation violation. It means that the installer program was
not written well enough...
For more information about errors emitted during the installatin process,
switch to consoles 3 and 4 (Ctrl-Alt-F3 and Ctrl-Alt-F4 . Ctrl-Alt-F2
gives you a shell. Ctrl-Alt-F1 is the first console and the text-based
installer. The graphical installer is in Ctrl-Alt-F5, IIRC).
Note that there will be some irrelevant error messages. don't panic...
>
> It sounds to me like a hardware problem...
A hardware problem at this stage sounds like either the CD or the HD.
At what package does it stop? Do you hear any strange noises from the
HD/CD ? Can you read all the files from the CD?
Note that at that stange you already have a partially-installed system. it
also includes a full log of the installation on /tmp/install.log (IIRC.
The installer tells it).
If you have a rescue diskette, you can boot from it, mount the installed /
partition as, say, /mnt/new/ , and read /mnt/new/tmp/install.log to get
more spesific details.
--
Tzafrir Cohen
mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
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