Re: install exited abnormally -- received signal 11

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 01:58:10AM -0500, Guy Rouillier wrote:
> Mick Mearns wrote:
> >--- AJAX <ajhanger earthlink net> wrote:
> >
> >>hi everyone, 
> >>
> >>i'm a newbie here and would really appriciate some help. 
> >>
> >>i put a new 80GB hard drive on an old e-machine an (etower|400id) and
> >
> >
> >(you said newbie so please do not be insulted)
> >signal-11 is ALWAYS a hardware problem.
> 
> Well, not to split hairs, but there is a very well known issue with 
> Redhat installs causing a signal 11.  I've never seen it reported on 
> IDE, but I have personally encountered it on my SCSI system.  It very 
> well may be a hardware issue, but only Redhat seems to bring it out. 
> I've installed Mandrake many times and have not seen the problem there. 
>  See here for details: http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/rhifaq/index.html

That location is a bit out of date, not maintained, and may be removed
at any time.  This is the better reference:

http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#install_dies

> -- 
> Guy Rouillier

Cheers,
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