RH 7.3 install hell

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 17:21, tickticker wrote:
> I got it up, here's the scoop:
> 
> when installing the first time, at the point where you commit and click next 
> to actually start the partition formatting and loadin the chosen rpms, it 
> came back with the error of not being able to copy the install image, perhaps 
> there wasn't enuff room (there was), so I clicked 'next' again and it worked.  
> went to create my bood floppy, and it wouldn't create and the floppy list 
> stayed on.  opened the hood and whoever made the server put on the floppy 
> cable backwards.
> 
> so i had to do it again... no big deal.  well, it wouldn't copy the image 
> again, even on the second or third try, so I did the complete install again, 
> and again, and again, and again, change partition sizes as I went.  No luck.  
> So I just sat there clicking the final 'next' after the image copy failure, 
> and on the 7TH(!) time it just worked and it's up!
> 
> Crazy stuff.  But the server is up and running, boot floppy made and all.  It 
> reminds me of back when you had to start the install with the 3 boot floppies 
> and only about 1 out of every 2 would work the first time, but after 
> repeatedly inserting the same floppy you would succeed.
> 
> anyway, that's this particular headache by the wayside.
> 
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The installer reports the errors but on a virtual console (usually
ctrl-alt-F2 I think)

you can flip among the virtual terminals to get a command shell and to
see standard output when installing - that seems to always tell me what
is going wrong.

Craig