Redhat 8.0 installation confusion?

[Danm50]

Hello,
I am new to linux and am trying to load redhat 8.0 on a system that I peiced together. (system stats below)

Pentium 2 350 running at 300,
64mb sdram.
SCSI 4GB harddrive

First off sorry fot the length of this post and if their was any confusion on my previous post.

I am running installation off of cds and have attempted to load it multiple times. Sometimes while running the graphical install after selection it will freeze during formating or the following step. Other times it freezes during or after RPM. One time it prompted an occurrance that I saved on to disk. I tried using the text only install and got to the same point and downloaded the same error. I have attached the file because I could not fit the entire thing in my post. The begining of the anaconda dump is as follows:


Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 786, in handleRenderCallback
self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 149, in renderCallback
self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 632, in nextClicked
self.dispatch.gotoNext()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150, in gotoNext
self.moveStep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 215, in moveStep
rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 653, in doInstall
totalSize = totalSize + (p[rpm.RPMTAG_SIZE] / 1024)
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'NoneType' and 'int'


If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
Thank you.

[ChickenTrucker]

i would check to see if maybe the boot and/or root image is the correct one for your hardware. Frankly, the only times I had freezes were due to bad L2 caches on my processor, a defective IDE controller on the MoBo, or a flaky interrupt table in my BIOS. Other times, I would just try to install it and it would just work on the 3rd or 4th try. They wouldn't be much of a problem with Win or DOS, or BSD, but would play hell with Linux distros. Other times RH wouldn't go, while Slak would go flawlessly. A memory timing issue could do it, also; I would slow the clocks down, install, then reset them afterwards, and it would work.

Just some possibilities; may not help much, though, eh?

[ChickenTrucker]

Paste the file onto a post; it says *.txt in your post, but on the download has a *.php file extension, and not many people will download a file just to look at dumps.

[mdwatts]

I believe Redhat 8.0 requires 128mb for the graphical install and 64mb for the text based installation.

[hiteksurplus]

P2 350 running at 300, 64mb sdram.

What's up with that?

[Danm50]

Hello,

Thanks for the help so far everyone. I am still having problems. I have tried a few more times; however, now I am only trying to install with text only.

{I do not know how or which clocks to slow down. I know how to slow the processor speed to 233. Any help here would help.}

Now everytime I try to install it stops at the same spot (STARTING TO INSTALL AFTER RPMS FINISH, BUT PERCENTAGE BARS FOR PACKAGES DON'T ACTUALLY START ALTHOUGH THEY ARE VISISBLE) and an error screen pops up stating the following:

/mnt/sys image/var/tmp/glibe-common-2.29 3-5.1386.rpm connot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a bad package, or bad media. Press <return> to try again.

I hit the <enter> key and the screen pops up telling me to write down or save the same error that I downloaded to disk previously and which is attached to the previous post.

I have tested the media multiple times and all 5 disks always pass. What should I do now.
Thanks.

[hiteksurplus]

I had that prob once and I took out the cd and wiped it on my pants and it fixed it. Seriously.