Hey guys,

I am having a small problem. This is the first time I have ever had a problem with slackware 10.2.
When I get to the partition setup I try and run fdisk /dev/sda and I get a segmentation fault error. When I try to run cfdisk it say's it can start cfdisk.bin. I can't seem to understand this problem I have tryed to use the raid.s at boot but gets the same error.

I know it can be installed because I installed windows 2000 server and then ran vmware and was able to make a virutal install of it.(Ran slow as can be due to Server on having about 128mb of ram.)

Try the adaptec.s kernel to see if it works.

That was the first thing I tried but yeilded that same results. I am thinking about trying another distro just to see if I can even get one installed.

Well I was able to install Ubuntu but I ran into video card problems so I was forced to use only the terminal.(Not that I mind. I kinda enjoy it more.) So now I know linux can be installed onto here. Now I need to figure out why I can't get slackware to install? Does anyone else have any suggestions.

If your getting errors, then there is problems with your hardware. I usually get segmentation fault errors with bad memeory or bad scsi/raid controllers. If you have extra parts, try to switch it and then see if you get the same error

That is what I thought too but then I could not understand it when I was able to install Ubuntu. I am also currently downloading Fedora Core 5 at my house. I plan on trying to install that just to completly throw that possibilty out. Which I do plan on upgrading the parts on this server soon though.

Well I was able to get Fedora Core 5 to install properly. Video worked ok. So I know there has to be a way to install it.

when I go to do an fdisk I type in the following command.
that is the right command? or do I have the wrong device entered.

I'm can't say why you would be having trouble with c/fdisk, but if you can create the partitions with another distro, you could try to complete the Slackware install by skipping the repartitioning step. Maybe if more problems show up further down the install line, they could help diagnose your issue.

I wonder if the other distros run their install with a 2.6 kernel, perhaps even using hotplug to find the hardware, and the problem is with the 2.4 kernel used by adaptec.s ? (maybe too many drivers are compiled in?)

Just a thought

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I am pretty sure that Fedora and Ubuntu both use the 2.6 kernel and both use hotplug for finding hardware. I am going to try now to install slackware now that I have my partitions setup. However What filesystem does fedora core 5 use by default.

Thanks to everyone for their support in helping to install Slackware. Everyone has inputed valuable information. Again thank you.

Well just tried and I had no success. This is really starting to get frustrating.

Give us the results ofIt may help clear things up...

try test26.s and nodma kernel option thats what I use with my old scsi card, and that works perfect. if it worked for ubuntu then it should work on slackware

Well I tried the test26.s and I still got the segmentation fault when I do fdisk -l. I think i will now try to use the SCSI3.s and see what happens.