Re: boot failure with RH 7.1 on AS 1200 -- anaconda?

["Kurt A. Ludwig" <n1pfc isobutane net>]

I can try the 7.1 install on my AS1200, but next week is the earliest that
I am going to be able to get to it.

Kurt


On Thu, 23 May 2002, Ralph Squillace wrote:

> This may double-post -- apologies (didn't have membership configuration).
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> Hello. I'm a relative newbie who's gotten RH 6.2 onto two Miatas
> successully. Now I'm moving slightly up the hardware ladder -- I've
> acquired several AS 1200 and one AS 4100 (am I deranged?). I'm starting
> with an AS 1200.
>
> When I boot from SRM (gotta love that complete power cycle :-), V5.8-2,
> everything goes swimmingly -- until well into the boot I get this:
>
> ....
> running install...
> running /sbin/loader
> Running anaconda - please wait...
> 'import exceptions' failed; use -v for traceback
> Warning! Falling back to string-based exceptions
> install exited abnormally -- received signal 6
> sending termination signals...done
> sending kill signals...done
> disabling swap...
> unmounting filesystems...
>    /mnt/runtime
>    /mnt/source umount failed (16)
>    /dev/pts
>    /proc
> you may safely reboot your system
>
>
>
> So, can anyone provide some clarification on these exceptions, and offer
> some alternative installation guidelines to dodge them? :-)
>
> And thanks in advance to all of you for being so encouraging and helpful.
> It keeps me trying and learning.
>
> Ralph
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