not installing FC3 test 2

[Harald Hoyer]

Sounds like a watchdog module gets loaded and triggers a reboot...

Scott Talbot wrote:
> 	Well, I've just about run the gamut of all my knowledge, and i figure I
> better get this to the list before FC3 is released.
> 
> 	I downloaded the 2nd iso set around the 10th and have attempted to
> install everyday, sometimes twice with limited success.  The very first
> install was the best (unfortunately) I had it working fairly well even,
> but in retrospect I have no idea why this is so.
> 
> My System:
> MOBO MSI 6523
> GFX ATI Radeon 7200
> MEM 256M
> BIOS: ASI 6.00
> 
> Upon loading CD1 and rebooting install using linux hda=XCYL,HEAD,SECTOR
> to avoid the MBR problem that afflicts us all.
> 
> The system goes into a VESA screen while probing hardware, the report
> come back tht the monitor found is SyncMaster, which is true, but it
> doesn't seem to tell me if it knows it is a Samsung SyncMaster 193P or
> not.  When X is started, I get an 800 X 600 screen in the upper left of
> my 1280 X 1024 display while the install continues. (I reported this bug
> in freedesktop bugz 1175)
> The first error I get is a box with the announcement:
> 
> Assertion (metadata_length >= bios_geom.sectors) at disk_dos.c: 7739 in
> function_add_logical_part_metadata()failed
> 
> and the ability to select cancel or ignore.  Selecting either allows
> progress to continue, but the same error recurs approximately 7 time
> during the install and it takes 6 clicks to continue each time it comes
> up. (Doesn't seem to matter if I choose ignore or cancel.)
> 
> Eventually the process concludes with a report of successful completion.
> 
> After rebooting the system starts to load I see few errors, nothing
> devastating all reports are tagged [OKAY]. Usually just about the time
> that RHGB is being replaced by X the system reboots itself, if I start
> it in init 3 it reboots during the FSCK if I tell it to run that check
> or closer to the login prompt (but never quite there).
> 
> 	The only report of failure that I get is that firstboot failed but
> usually there are a few other commands that execute before the reboot.
> 
> 	Most recently I tried to install Test 1 and upgrade to Test 2
> (bypassing the need for firstboot).  I got as far as the gdm login
> screen in X and started to log in when it rebooted.  
> 
> 	I am now going to install Test1 and upgrade as much as I can and see
> what finally breaks it.  Anybody got a better idea?
> 
> Scott
> 
> 


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