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by **Jose** » Mon, 02 Jul 2001 17:46:52

Hi,
I have a Windows 98, with 2 HDD IBM (18GB ) and Seagate (4.3GB).
The seagate has 3 partitions 2GB, 1.5GB, 670MB(Linux Swap). These are
SCSI HDD and the SCSI Card is Tekram DC-390F. Now When I try to
install Red Hat 6.0 on the 2GB during the "disk druid" phase of
installation the setup gives me a error signal 11 and quits. i.e the
phase when you select the partition to install Redhad.
The HDD have been scanned with the help of Windows Scandisk and
Norton Disk Doctor, with a surface scan enabled. The result of the
scan was negative. Any help would be appreciated
Thanks

by **Jayne Hege** » Mon, 02 Jul 2001 21:49:20

I think an error signal 11 is something to do with memory.
have you added any memory which could be bad???

Jayne

Quote:> Hi,
> I have a Windows 98, with 2 HDD IBM (18GB ) and Seagate (4.3GB).
> The seagate has 3 partitions 2GB, 1.5GB, 670MB(Linux Swap). These are
> SCSI HDD and the SCSI Card is Tekram DC-390F. Now When I try to
> install Red Hat 6.0 on the 2GB during the "disk druid" phase of
> installation the setup gives me a error signal 11 and quits. i.e the
> phase when you select the partition to install Redhad.
> The HDD have been scanned with the help of Windows Scandisk and
> Norton Disk Doctor, with a surface scan enabled. The result of the
> scan was negative. Any help would be appreciated
> Thanks

by **Ian Northeas** » Tue, 03 Jul 2001 01:04:48

> I think an error signal 11 is something to do with memory.
> have you added any memory which could be bad???

Sig 11 means an attempt to access memory outside of the current address
space. Bad memory is indeed a common cause. Bad software is too, but
this is unlikely during an install of a respectable distro (RH6.0 is a
bit old, but it was OK IME). Overclocking is another - less common
nowadays because the CPUs are so fast anyway. Overheating due to a
faulty fan can do it too.

Regards, Ian

by **Jose** » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 03:55:23

> > I think an error signal 11 is something to do with memory.
> > have you added any memory which could be bad???

> Sig 11 means an attempt to access memory outside of the current address
> space. Bad memory is indeed a common cause. Bad software is too, but
> this is unlikely during an install of a respectable distro (RH6.0 is a
> bit old, but it was OK IME). Overclocking is another - less common
> nowadays because the CPUs are so fast anyway. Overheating due to a
> faulty fan can do it too.

> Regards, Ian

I have not overclocked my machine. It is PII-333 MHz with 192 MB RAM.
I have added new RAM (a module of 128 MB), making my complete memory
to 192 MB RAM.
Is there any way I can Check for bad RAM?
Have A Nice Day

by **Rasmus B?g Hanse** » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 04:37:11

Quote:> > > I think an error signal 11 is something to do with memory.
> > > have you added any memory which could be bad???
> I have not overclocked my machine. It is PII-333 MHz with 192 MB RAM.
> I have added new RAM (a module of 128 MB), making my complete memory
> to 192 MB RAM.
> Is there any way I can Check for bad RAM?

http://www.teresaudio.com/memtest86/

is pretty good. Take the time to complete the looong tests (unless you
already finds something with the short tests) as they find most ram
errors.

Rasmus

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by **Robert Davie** » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 04:17:45

>> > I think an error signal 11 is something to do with memory.
>> > have you added any memory which could be bad???
> I have not overclocked my machine. It is PII-333 MHz with 192 MB RAM.
> I have added new RAM (a module of 128 MB), making my complete memory
> to 192 MB RAM.
> Is there any way I can Check for bad RAM?

Yes.

memtest86

Rob

by **M. Buchenried** » Fri, 06 Jul 2001 14:57:33

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Quote:>I have not overclocked my machine. It is PII-333 MHz with 192 MB RAM.
>I have added new RAM (a module of 128 MB), making my complete memory
>to 192 MB RAM.

That's probably the culprit. Take out one of the modules and
try again.

Michael
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