Anaconda crashes at random places during install

[Josh Burks]

Hello,

I'm trying to build a MythTV box, and I found a really nice install guide at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/. My problem is when I try to install Fedora Core 1, the install crashes right after Anaconda tries to start X. I get "install exited abnormally" .... "now safe to reboot". So I tried a text based install. This worked fine until I hit the "Reading Package Information" screen right before you get to pick your packages. Then I got the "install exited abnormally" message again. This happened 3 times before I started looking into hardware and media checks. My cd's check out OK. Since then, the install likes to crash in various places, e.g. before you partition the drives, set up networking, etc. etc. I tried to install RedHat 9, and it does some of the similar things Fedora does.

I'm wondering if my motherboard is at fault, because this is the only hardware I haven't swaped out.

Specs on the system:
MSI 845GV (MS-6714) Motherboard, no AGP slot
512 MB DDR
P4 1.7 GHZ 400 MHZ FSB
No other cards in any of the PCI slots yet. 
No Floppy, Asus 52x CD-ROM
Seagate 40 GB Barracuda HD


Thanks in advance for any thoughts or ideas,

Josh Burks
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