Signal 17 Error

[tER]

Whenever I try to install on my old P200 64MB box, the CD starts the install routine, but after only a few seconds, it comes up with: "Signal 17 received. Killing installation. It is safe to shut down your system now." (or something like that.) I tried to change the BIOS settings, but nothing gets me past Signal 17. Help!!!

[mdwatts]

What distro/version and does your hardware meet the minimum requirements of whatever distro/version you are attempting to install?

Sorry as we cannot help unless you provide enough information for us to assist you.

[tER]

Sorry. I tried installing RH 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, Drake 6.0, 8.2 on a Pentium MMX200 on Asus P5A with 64MB EDO, Quantum Fireball, Diamond S220 4MB card with Verite chip. I've used most of these components in other Linux systems.

[mdwatts]

Everyone of those distros/versions had the Signal 17 Error when attempting to install?

I would definitely say it's hardware related.

Have a look through these Google for Linux search results for "Signal 17" (http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Signal+17%22) and see if any of them pertain to your situation.

[mingshun]

Originally posted by tER
Whenever I try to install on my old P200 64MB box, the CD starts the install routine, but after only a few seconds, it comes up with: "Signal 17 received. Killing installation. It is safe to shut down your system now." (or something like that.) I tried to change the BIOS settings, but nothing gets me past Signal 17. Help!!!


Try to install it in textmode again.
It may produce a more detail error message.

From my sig man pages, signal 17 means:


SIGCHLD 20,17,18 B Child stopped or terminated