Very Computer

by **Igor Solodovniko** » Fri, 03 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I'm trying to install RH6.1 on a PC with 32MB RAM and 2 hard drives:
primary master: Fujitsu EIDE 20GB (LBA)
primary slave: creative CD-ROM
secondary master: Conner 420 MB (LARGE)

Partitions is as follow:
hda1 240MB FAT16
hda2 16MB Linux /boot
hda3 - DOS extended
hda5 empty (windows NT created it for some reason)
hda6 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda7 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda8 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda9 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda10 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda11 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda12 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda13 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda14 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
hda15 510MB Linux /
hdc1 256MB FAT16

I have assigned mount points in Druid and pressed OK.
After that installer shows to me following message:

As you dont have enough memory we need to switch on your swap just now. For
that we need to write your partitions table. Is that OK? <OK><Cancel>

If I press cancel then installer simply returns to druid. But if i press OK
i got following message:

install exited abnormally - recieved signal 11
sending killing signals
...
you can safely reboot

So here is my questions:
1. Why that signal 11 appears?
2. What should i do to pass this stage of installation?
3. How can i assign mount points without disk druid?
4. Why my 32MB of ram is not enough? (I even tryied to run installer with
"linux mem=32M" but that doesnt changed anything)
5. How many RAM is enough?
6. How can i disable turning on swapping until i install?

Thanks if somebody can answer some of this questions.

by **Rasmus B?g Hanse** » Fri, 03 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Your problem could be caused by faulty hardware. Faulty memory chips often
gives this error (signal 11). Take a look at www.bitwizard.nl/sig11 even
though your problem arises when not compiling kernels.

Redhat also has a page with common installation problems:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1.html

Also you could try some updated install disks at
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/current/i386/images

Rasmus B?g Hansen

> I'm trying to install RH6.1 on a PC with 32MB RAM and 2 hard drives:
> primary master: Fujitsu EIDE 20GB (LBA)
> primary slave: creative CD-ROM
> secondary master: Conner 420 MB (LARGE)

> Partitions is as follow:
> hda1 240MB FAT16
> hda2 16MB Linux /boot
> hda3 - DOS extended
> hda5 empty (windows NT created it for some reason)
> hda6 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda7 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda8 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda9 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda10 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda11 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda12 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda13 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda14 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
> hda15 510MB Linux /
> hdc1 256MB FAT16

> I have assigned mount points in Druid and pressed OK.
> After that installer shows to me following message:

> As you dont have enough memory we need to switch on your swap just now. For
> that we need to write your partitions table. Is that OK? <OK><Cancel>

> If I press cancel then installer simply returns to druid. But if i press OK
> i got following message:

> install exited abnormally - recieved signal 11
> sending killing signals
> ...
> you can safely reboot

> So here is my questions:
> 1. Why that signal 11 appears?
> 2. What should i do to pass this stage of installation?
> 3. How can i assign mount points without disk druid?
> 4. Why my 32MB of ram is not enough? (I even tryied to run installer with
> "linux mem=32M" but that doesnt changed anything)
> 5. How many RAM is enough?
> 6. How can i disable turning on swapping until i install?

> Thanks if somebody can answer some of this questions.

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by **Dou** » Sat, 04 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Go into Bios and disable internal and external cache. Also set all
memory timings to their slowest setting. And try the install again.

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 00:44:58 +0200, "Igor Solodovnikov"

>I'm trying to install RH6.1 on a PC with 32MB RAM and 2 hard drives:
>primary master: Fujitsu EIDE 20GB (LBA)
>primary slave: creative CD-ROM
>secondary master: Conner 420 MB (LARGE)

>Partitions is as follow:
>hda1 240MB FAT16
>hda2 16MB Linux /boot
>hda3 - DOS extended
>hda5 empty (windows NT created it for some reason)
>hda6 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda7 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda8 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda9 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda10 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda11 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda12 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda13 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda14 2GB HPFS(NTFS)
>hda15 510MB Linux /
>hdc1 256MB FAT16

>I have assigned mount points in Druid and pressed OK.
>After that installer shows to me following message:

>As you dont have enough memory we need to switch on your swap just now. For
>that we need to write your partitions table. Is that OK? <OK><Cancel>

>If I press cancel then installer simply returns to druid. But if i press OK
>i got following message:

>install exited abnormally - recieved signal 11
>sending killing signals
>...
>you can safely reboot

>So here is my questions:
>1. Why that signal 11 appears?
>2. What should i do to pass this stage of installation?
>3. How can i assign mount points without disk druid?
>4. Why my 32MB of ram is not enough? (I even tryied to run installer with
>"linux mem=32M" but that doesnt changed anything)
>5. How many RAM is enough?
>6. How can i disable turning on swapping until i install?

>Thanks if somebody can answer some of this questions.

by **Igor Solodovniko** » Sat, 04 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Thanks again!

Quote:> Redhat also has a page with common installation problems:
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1.html

On this url I have found following text:

|4.11 Problems Installing onto systems with Windows NT or OS/2
|Problem:
|
|The Red Hat Linux 6.1 installation program would crash if it encountered
partitions of either HPFS or |NTFS. The installation program mis-identifies
NT and HPFS partitions as Linux native partitions.
|
|Fix:
|
|To get around this crashing bug, you must get the new installation boot
images from |http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHEA1999045-01.html or
from our updates FTP site and follow |the directions on the errata site.
|
|There are instructions for making a boot image at our FAQ.

It seems to me that was my problem. I was rtying to install it from cd.
After Specifying option "linux hda=none" signal 11 disapperaed. (My hda just
contains NTFS partitions!). Now i'm going to their ftp sites to get updated
boot images....

by **Igor Solodovniko** » Wed, 08 Mar 2000 04:00:00

And finally nothing helped me with signal 11.
I have downloaded "updated" boot disks.
I have played with bios setting for memory timing and processor cashng.
I even tried to change my SIMM modules.

But when i run installer with "hda=none" option signal 11 disappears and i
have installed redhat into my hdc drive. I have NO COMMENTS:(