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Karen Weiner (bavc@bavc.org) spake thusly:
: I'm installing RedHat 4.2. The setup freezes right after
: the setup for the swap partition. I am selecting
: the options to setup and verify, hit OK, I see the
: indication bar filling up, then it disapears and I go 
: to the background screen displaying only what I believe is
: the number corresponding to the step for the installation: 6A
: 
: Hardware:
: P133
: 1.27 GIG Seagate Internal HD (IDE)
: Installing 4.2 with original boot floppy and CD.

ok, but what about other cards installed? such as display, ethernet, modem,
soundcard etc. 

This one bit me for a few days until I figured it out -- take out all the 
non-necessary cards (all but my display card), install, make a new kernel
with the config options you need, then put in the cards one at a time until
you get yourself a working config.


btw, I'd use a bit more swap if I were you - you never know when you're
going to need it too.

hth,
jcm
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In article <33AE26C5.30C8@bavc.org>, Karen Weiner wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm installing RedHat 4.2. The setup freezes right after
>the setup for the swap partition. I am selecting
>the options to setup and verify, hit OK, I see the
>indication bar filling up, then it disapears and I go 
>to the background screen displaying only what I believe is
>the number corresponding to the step for the installation: 6A
>
>Hardware:
>P133
>1.27 GIG Seagate Internal HD (IDE)
>Installing 4.2 with original boot floppy and CD.
>
>my partitioning map:
>temp/hda1	/	80MB	Linux Native
>temp/hda2	/usr	500MB	Linux Native
>temp/hda3	/home	620MB	Linux Native
>temp/hda4	swap	16MB	Linux Swap
>

 This seems too obvious but your "temp/hda*" above
 can never boot. Should be "/dev/hda*". 

 Reread the partitioning instructions.....

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In article <33AE26C5.30C8@bavc.org>, bavc@bavc.org says:

>I'm installing RedHat 4.2. The setup freezes right after the setup for the
>swap partition. I am selecting the options to setup and verify, hit OK, I
>see the indication bar filling up, then it disapears and I go to the
>background screen displaying only what I believe is the number corresponding
>to the step for the installation: 6A

Check your hard disk actitivy light; RH (at least 4.1) uses a brain-dead way
of filling/creating the swap space (probably "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<disk>")
and it takes *forever*. I thought it was hung for me, too. Maybe this is
all it is.

	-Kenny

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