FC2 installation fails installing XFree86

[eric]

hello

when i try to install FC2 test1 the installation fails with the following error message:

“there was an error installing Xfree86-4.3.0-45.0.1. this can indicate media failure, lack of disk space, and/or hardware problems. this is a fatal error and your install will be aborted. please verify your mediaand try your install again.”

i'm trying to install to a 10GB partition, i've successfully installed RH9 and then FC1 to this partition. i've attempted to install FC2 in many different ways, including:

- overwriting the existing FC1 installation with FC2
- removing the partition with MS fdisk and installing FC2 to the 10GB of raw disk space
- doing a fresh install of RH9 or FC1 to the partition, then upgrading to FC2

every time the FC2 installation fails with the message above.

i've tried re-downloading the ISOs and burning fresh CDs, i've run the media test and the disks pass.

any idea what i'm doing wrong or what else i can try?

all suggestions gratefully received.

best regards
eric

[Bana]

Yes I have got this error many times as well. I have no idea what was causing it (I tried the same steps you did) but I fixed it by doing a linux askmethod install off of the harddrive (with the ISOs in another partition). That for somereason worked like a charm. HTH.

[eric]

many thanks for getting back to me!

unfortunately i don't have another linux partition available on the machine, so i don't think i can try your approach.

the machine that i'm trying to upgrade is networked to another linux machine, normally i'd try to install over the LAN but i understand this is not yet possible with FC2.

it's beginning to look like my only option is to wait & hope that whatever is causing this problem is fixed in a future build of FC2?

regards
eric

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01/04/04 - no resolution, will try FC2test2, changing status to resolved.