Problem installing RH 7.3 Error 21

[wolf2x]

I've downloaded the iso's for RedHat 7.3 Checked the md5sum and did a "mediacheck"....everything is okay so far.

Now, when I start the actual install and anaconda starts running I get this error....
"/usr/bin/python1.5: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libc.so.6: cannot read file data: Error 21"

"install exited abnormally".

I've tried redownloading but I have the same problem. I've also tried searching but I couldn't find anything helpful.

Any pointers to get me going in the right direction?

I almost forgot.....the machine that I am trying to install this on currently has RedHat 7.1 on it. 300mhz with 256 RAM...nothing out of the ordinary with the hardware. And I have no problems with the current installation.

[wolf2x]

I seem to have the installation going now. I made a boot disk...booted....when asked, I told it to use the cdrom and everything has started up okay.

[pengwin]

how did you make your boot disk ?
was it a generic type or did you have specific instructions for a red hat 7.3 boot disk ?
i tried to install 7.3 last night but got nowhere.

pen

[LoKe137]

Doesnt it say what error 21 is?? Where are you getting the distro image from???

[wolf2x]

Pen,

Here are the instructions that I used from Red Hat's site. I used a windows box to create the disk.

I included both the windows and the linux way to create the boot disk.

Hope this helps...


Using the rawrite Utility
To make a diskette using MS-DOS , use the rawrite utility included on the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM in the dosutils directory. First, label a blank, formatted 3.5-inch diskette appropriately (such as "Boot Disk" or "Updates Disk"). Insert it into the diskette drive. Then, use the following commands (assuming your CD-ROM is drive d:):

C:\> d:
D:\> cd \dosutils
D:\dosutils> rawrite
Enter disk image source file name: ..\images\boot.img
Enter target diskette drive: a:
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and
press --ENTER-- : [Enter]
D:\dosutils>


First, rawrite asks you for the filename of a diskette image; enter the directory and name of the image you wish to write (for example, ..\images\boot.img). Then rawrite asks for a diskette drive to write the image to; enter a:. Finally, rawrite asks for confirmation that a formatted diskette is in the drive you have selected. After pressing [Enter] to confirm, rawrite copies the image file onto the diskette. If you need to make another diskette, label that diskette, and run rawrite again, specifying the appropriate image file.


Note
The rawrite utility only accepts 8.3-type file names, such as filename.img. If you download an update image from http://www.redhat.com named something similar to update-anaconda-03292002.img, you must rename it as updates.img before you run rawrite.


Using the dd Command
To make a diskette under Linux (or any other Linux-like operating system), you must have permission to write to the device representing a 3.5-inch diskette drive (known as /dev/fd0 under Linux).

First, label a blank, formatted diskette appropriately (such as "Boot Disk" or "Updates Disk"). Insert it into the diskette drive (but do not issue a mount[2] command). After mounting the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM, change to the directory containing the desired image file, and use the following command (changing the name of the image file and diskette device as appropriate):

# dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k


To make another diskette, label that diskette, and run dd again, specifying the appropriate image file.

[pengwin]

will try your method tonight.

i found rawwrite at this site:

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm

may try it later just for the experience of doing it.

p

[wolf2x]

okay....so that didn't work.

I got into the install and when it was installing the packages several errors came up saying that such-and-such file was missing, bad media, etc......

The original Error 21 didnt' have any info with it other than the information in the first post. And, I don't remember the site I used to download the iso.

I'm redownloading the iso again from a different site..ftp.software.umn.edu

[mingshun]

Originally posted by wolf2x
I've downloaded the iso's for RedHat 7.3 Checked the md5sum and did a "mediacheck"....everything is okay so far.

Now, when I start the actual install and anaconda starts running I get this error....
"/usr/bin/python1.5: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libc.so.6: cannot read file data: Error 21"

"install exited abnormally".

I've tried redownloading but I have the same problem. I've also tried searching but I couldn't find anything helpful.


I think something is wrong either with your current RedHat 7.1 or your downloaded iso. But since you have already do a md5sum check on your RedHat 7.3, the error should lie in 7.1.

By the way, how did you check your RedHat 7.3's md5sum? Did you choose "Upgrading" for installation?

[wolf2x]

I think something is wrong either with your current RedHat 7.1 or your downloaded iso. But since you have already do a md5sum check on your RedHat 7.3, the error should lie in 7.1.

By the way, how did you check your RedHat 7.3's md5sum? Did you choose "Upgrading" for installation?

I checked the downloaded iso's md5sum with the MD5SUM from the ftp site that I downloaded the iso (also checked through "mediacheck").

For the second question, I was doing a new install......well, trying to do a new install. Today, used fdisk to delete the partitions (and mbr) and I still can't get past the "error 21".

I've downloaded the iso from 2 different

[wolf2x]

I checked the downloaded iso's md5sum with the MD5SUM from the ftp site that I downloaded the iso (also checked through "mediacheck").

For the second question, I was doing a new install......well, trying to do a new install. Today, used fdisk to delete the partitions (and mbr) and I still can't get past the "error 21".

I've downloaded the iso from 2 different ftp sites....both having the same problem with the install. That would leave me to believe the problem must be on my side (with my computer) but I just don't know how to troubleshoot the problem.

[The Whizzard]

It's most likely a bug in Anaconda. Check RedHats site for a anaconda update boot disk for RH7.3. Or you can just install from text mode to completely bypass anaconda. The text install is almost exactly like the anaconda GUI install but without the GUI.

[wolf2x]

it's finally working right...

Turns out...something was going on when I was burning the iso's to cd. I had been using eroaster on one of my linux machines (which has never before failed me). On a whim, I burned the cd on a windows machine that has Nero. Popped the cd in and it worked.

Weird thing is, disc 1 was the one that I had to reburn with Nero. I tried disc 2 (which was burnt using eroaster) and it worked just fine. Figure that one out.

Anyways, thanks for everyones help.