[TriLUG] RH 8.0 install problems

Jeremy Portzer jeremyp at pobox.com
Thu Jan 2 17:02:36 EST 2003


On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 16:14, Douglas Kojetin wrote:
> Hi All-
> 
> I've got a problem that has been hitting me all day long on one particular
> system (I searched google, and a few others have had similar problems).
> 
> I can get through the GUI install up to where it formats/starts installing
> packages ... then I eventually get the following error:
> 
> "There was an error installing XXXXXXX.  This can indicate media failure,
> lack of disk space, and/or hardware problems.  This is a fatal error and
> your install will be aborted.  Please verify your media and try your install
> again"

Did you run the integrity check on each of the Red Hat CDs when it asks
you to near the start of the install process?  A bad burn is by far the
mostly likely cause of this error.

--Jeremy




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