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

["Dan Hunter" <dmhunter charter net>]

Dumb thought, can you download the ISO image again and try burning that 
image to disc?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Powell" <powellj gmail com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: Install fails during installation of rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803


> 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.
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