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

["Dennis D. Calhoun" <dcalhoun blomand net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces redhat com 
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of 
> John Powell
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 5:51 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Install fails during installation of 
> rpmdb-redhat-4-0.20060803
> 
> Ok..
> 
> So I have given up on the cd install method. It just aint 
> workin for me. 
> I have setup a ftp server and have attempted to install 
> several times and so far no luck.. I do get past the rpmdb 
> package but now I get the same error while installing the 
> python package. I have since downloaded and replaced the 
> python rpm on the ftp server and tried again... still the 
> same error. I don't understand what is going on! The python 
> rpm was downloaded from rhn and the md5 sum is correct. In 
> addition the binary compare of the original (from the ISO) 
> and the downloaded package from RHN are identical!
> 
> ARGH!!!!! So frustrating! Please someone help!

Yes, I bet! This is really strange.

Let's see, you've tried to run the installation from two entirely
different sources, FTP (networked) and CD (local).

I could be way out in left field, but since the data has been input
through two distinctly different routes, I have to wonder.

No matter where the data for the installation comes from, where is the
first *common* place that it goes in the server? RAM? I wonder if your
RAM, at least one stick of it, could be the culprit.

Like I said, I could be out in left field here, but it's a thought
that might be worth checking out.
--
Dennis D. Calhoun, MCSA