having trouble installing redhat 8 on my pc

Bigpolk · 02-24-2003, 10:14 PM

What's up linux fiends?
I'm new to the world of linux and i'm having problems installing redhat 8 on my pc. the install start but stop at this error below:

POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
enabled Ext INT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000002

I have visited every site on the planet to find a solution to this problem, and haven't got anything back.

My is a AMD Duron 1.3 system.

please can you email a solution to this problem

kenpolk_68@yahoo.com
kenneth.polk@navy.mil

Thanks

cnjohnson · 02-25-2003, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bigpolk
What's up linux fiends?
I'm new to the world of linux and i'm having problems installing redhat 8 on my pc. the install start but stop at this error below:

POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
enabled Ext INT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000002

I have visited every site on the planet to find a solution to this problem, and haven't got anything back.

My is a AMD Duron 1.3 system.

please can you email a solution to this problem

kenpolk_68@yahoo.com
kenneth.polk@navy.mil

Thanks

Is Plug-N-Play turned OFF in the BIOS?

Cheers--
Charles

michaelk · 02-25-2003, 08:36 AM

What kind of motherboard, hardware do you have?

Bigpolk · 02-25-2003, 12:00 PM

cnjohnson,
i will try disabling the plug n play

Bigpolk · 02-25-2003, 12:23 PM

NJOHNSON
MOTHERBOARD
AMPTRON 825 LM

VIA KM-266 chipset, SDRAM/DDR slots, Onboard 128-bit 2D/3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with up to 32MB shared memory, Onboard 10/100 LAN , 56k v.90 modem, and AC’97 sound

CPU
AMD Duron 1300Mhz

128k cache, 200mhz FSB, Socket 462, OEM.

cnjohnson · 02-25-2003, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bigpolk
NJOHNSON
MOTHERBOARD
AMPTRON 825 LM

VIA KM-266 chipset, SDRAM/DDR slots, Onboard 128-bit 2D/3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with up to 32MB shared memory, Onboard 10/100 LAN , 56k v.90 modem, and AC’97 sound

CPU
AMD Duron 1300Mhz

128k cache, 200mhz FSB, Socket 462, OEM.

Do you have the option of disabling ACPI support on the motherboard?

Cheers--
Charles

Bigpolk · 02-25-2003, 01:37 PM

i looked in the bios but could'nt find it......i'm at work now but when i get home i'll try in located it.......not what other steps do you have?

cnjohnson · 02-25-2003, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bigpolk
i looked in the bios but could'nt find it......i'm at work now but when i get home i'll try in located it.......not what other steps do you have?

Everything I can find on the net seems to be related to the power monitoring/conservation features of the motherboard. So, I am grasping at straws, here; but linux doesn't play nicely with some BIOS settings. PNP enable, PNP auto-detect, PNP aware operating system, and the like are common examples. Turn this feature OFF for linux if you have it on in the BIOS.

I would also turn off any power monitoring features in the BIOS, too, and see what happens.

Cheers--
Charles

windoze killa · 03-20-2003, 02:35 AM

I am having exactly the same problem. All those things appear to be off in the Bios so I am at a loss too. Has to be someone out there that knows the answer.

PS. I also have a copy of Mandrake 9.0 and it hangs during the install at what I would guess is exactly the same spot. The screen is blank during this part of the MD9.0 install so I can't tell for sure.

windoze killa · 03-20-2003, 08:44 PM

Another point that may be of use is that I didn't have any problem doing an upgrade with RH7.2. I didn't have to change any BIOS settings. I would have thought that distros would be getting smarter not dumber when it comes to sorting out BIOS settings.

windoze killa · 03-23-2003, 07:23 PM

Problem solved. Sort of. It was the ACPI setting. Not that it was enabled but disabled. Once enabled it has installed Half perfectly.

With such fantastic advances in software and the ease at which they install wouldn't it be so nice for it to simply apend the new boot options to your existing lilo or grub config file? Now I have to try and find my older installs to boot to.