I had the same problem on a 486/66 but never found an answer. It's still
sitting and waiting for a cure.
On 09-Mar-2000 Jeffery Druzba wrote:
> Looking through all the material that comes up in google and any other
> support area, shows that no one who has ever asked such a question as mine
> really has much of an answer.
>
> The best I have found is that there is some memory or bus error.
>
> I simply want to know if I can use this machine or not for RH 6.1. Like I
> said in my original message, I am willing to fix this problem in the machine
> if it is fixable but I need to know what is causing the problem.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this problem or a similar machine as
> the one I describe in my original post?
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Kurt Brust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Signal 7 during RH 6.1 Install - Aieeeee!
> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:54:34 -0500
>
> Thats odd... i went to
>
> redhat.google.com and searched on signal 7 and a whole bunch of stuff came
> up!
>
> On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, Jeffery Druzba wrote:
> > Me = Linux Install Newbie though I am familiar with the system
> >
> > My Machine = AST Advantage! Adventure 575 - 486DX P75 / 8 MB RAM / 600 MB
> HD
> >
> > My Problem = Trying to install RH 6.1 on this thing, I encounter a signal
> 7
> > error at the same point in the installation every time. It tells me
> signal 7
> > and kills all the stuff and lets me know that I can reboot. I've looked
> > around for web sites or message boards for help and have only been
> referred
> > to a general page of information, through the redhat.com site, about
> > different signal errors and what they mean during installation. The page
> is
> > pretty general and seems to indicate, in short, that it could really be
> > ANYTHING causing this issue...memory, motherboard, etc. I, personally,
> would
> > like to narrow down the cause a bit.
> >
> > The Odd Thing = I went to the library and borrowed a book with an old
> > version of RH in it (5.0). I have installed that on to this same machine.
> It
> > had to try a few times but I think it failed a few times because I'm
> working
> > with only 600 MB of space. Who knows though. Anyway, I have 5.0 on there
> but
> > I sure would like to be able to upgrade this machine to put 6.1 on there.
> I
> > don't want to pay for a bunch of stuff, however, unless I am confident
> that
> > RH 6.1 will even work on this machine.
> >
> > Any help? Please, I beg you!
> >
> > JD
> >
> >
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