Install aborts (signal 8) when partitioning a large drive

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Install aborts (signal 8) when partitioning a large drive

by Gary Helbi » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Hi,

I'm trying to install a large (20G) drive (IBM DJNA-352030).

RedHat 5.2, booting from CD-ROM.

When I go to partition, it asks if I want to use FDISK or Disk Druid.

Whichever I choose, I get a "install exited abnormally -- received
signal 8", and install terminates.

How can I get past this problem?

I don't think it's a bios problem; the messages that zoom by during the
boot-up report it as a 19470 meg drive.

TIA,
Gary.

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