Re: FC 3 Install Success! - NOT

[David Curry <dsccable comcast net>]

Mark Mecum (teknowiztx) wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions.  I am booting in runlevel 3 and am logging on without the respawning messages.  
>
> After a little more fishing I have found that there are no files/directories installed in /usr or /var (and probably other places) which appears to be why so much (and probably the x11 serv) is broken.
>
> That leaves me with several outstanding key questions:
>
> 1] How did the installer leave me with such a screwed up mess?
>  
Good question.  I am running FC2 in part due to difficulties in 
successfully installing FC3 directly.  I made three attempts with each 
proceeding just a bit further but never progressing beyond a report to 
stdout that oo.o installation was in progress.  FC2 installed without 
any problems after which the FC3 distribution isos would successfully 
upgrade the system to FC3.  But, I was a bit leery of FC3 by that time 
and the

> 2] Should I report this as a bug on bugzilla?
>  

A bug report would likely be welcomed if the phenomenon were repeated on 
a second installation attempt.  Might be welcomed on the basis of your 
first installation effort.

> 3] Are all of the startup messages that are sent to the screen recorded in a file for later viewing? (many of them go by too fast to catch)
>  
As root,  you might try

# cd /var/log
cat boot.log | less

and

cat messages | less

> 4] Any ideas how to figure out which files the installer did not get in place and repair the installation?
>
> 5]  I downloaded this distro through the duke site with bittorrent.  Could it be an issue with that particular ISO.  (Yes I did the validation before installing and it checked out, as well as the install process did not complain with any errors)
>
> Appreciate the assistance,
>
> mmecum
> mmecum gmail com
>