Re: Install fails during installation of rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803

[John Powell <powellj gmail com>]

John Powell wrote:

> John Powell wrote:
>
> > Rick,
> >
> > Thanks for the responce. Here are the answers to your questions...
> >
> > These drives are PATA and are setup in a non RAID configuration... 
> > just standard IDE (master/slave on the IDE bus 1).
> >
> > I have tried several attempts using the boot options you specifed...
> > ide=nodma
> > noapic
> > ide=nodma + noapic
> >
> > All install paths lead to the same error at the same point during the 
> > install.
> >
> > I have also tried swapping out hardware... attempted a single IDE 
> > 80gig Barracuda drive, swapped out two different cdrom readers
> >
> > The end result being I still get the same error. Pretty odd eh? I 
> > have never ever had such a hard time installing a linux distro 
> > before. Redhat 9 went on smooth as can be with the originally 
> > specified config. Ubuntu, Mandrake also had a smooth installation. 
> > Fedora Core 5 actually hangs during the install however when 
> > switching bettween CD's or during some seemingly random RPM (was 
> > never the same one during the 5 attempts that I made and usually 
> > occurred on the first install disc).
> >
> > So all of this and I am still left in the dark. Any further ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
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> So I just did something I should have done a while ago but thought was 
> uneccessary since I performed a media check on all install discs.
>
> Accessing the install console on Terminal F2 I attempted to install 
> the rpm manually and got the following error...
>
> "error: /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803.i386.rpm: V3 
> DSA signature: BAD, key ID db42a60e..."
>
> Isn't this exactley what the media check is looking at when verifying 
> the contents of the installation disc? Why would media check pass in 
> this case?
>
> I am going to try once again to burn another CD and attempt the same 
> steps. Who knows... maybe I will get lucky.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
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No luck. The new cd I burned yielded the same results.