Can't format /boot

[Ted Potter]

Well this is a shot in the dark but:


I was running RH 7x and decided to try out 9. I had been running 7 just
fine on my workstation (a complete clone with parts from all over) and
figured, hey 7 went on just fine so 9 should be breeze.

Ha - I got everything from freezing during the initial loading to "can't
find media" 1/3 in to the install.

So someone said hey, try a different cdrom device, maybe an older one.

so I did. I replaced my 56x with an old 16x cdrom and guess what ? RH9
installed like a champ.

So, for whatever reason when I start getting strange errors during an RH
install I drop back to more basic hardware. Sorry I can't provide more
technical details, but this "trick" did work for me. 

PS - after the install I replaced the cdrom and RH9 has never had a
problem with it.


hth

Ted



On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 06:34, Java Samurai wrote:
> In Anaconda th last thing that happens is 
> * moving (1) to step preinstallconfig
> 
> Does anyone know how I can further debug this?
> How do I look at what is happening step by step?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --- Java Samurai <javasamurai5 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to install RH9. I get all the way to the
> > final steps. It says
> > 'formating /' which works. But when it gets to
> > 'formating /boot' it fails and tells me the
> > 'hardware
> > doesn't support this version of Linux'. But it
> > doesn't
> > tell me why.
> > 
> > The hard drive is a Western Digital 10Gb. It used to
> > have Windows, but I wiped it clean.
> > The motherboard is Soyo SY-5EHM1.1 with the latest
> > bios. I let Disk Druid partition the drive
> > automatically.
> > 
> > I tried formating each partition individually with
> > Disk Druid, but still no luck.
> > 
> > Maybe there is a bios setting I need to use?
> > 
> > Please help
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
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