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Re: RH5.2 Install Exited Abnormally - Sig11 (Install BUG?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (W. Wade, Hampton)
Wed Nov 18 11:55:30 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:51:46 -0500
From: "W. Wade, Hampton" <whampton@staffnet.com>
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Update on this problem:
1) I tried the rpm -Uvh rpm*, rpm --rebuilddb -- still get Sig11.
2) The machine is a PII/300 Dell with no way to slow it down
nor insert wait states. [suggested in the Sig11 FAQ]
3) The memory is a single 128 MB ECC DIM -- I swapped it with
one from another WS400 -- still get Sig11. [suggested in
the Sig11 FAQ]
4) /tmp/upgrade.log reports:
error creating temporary file /tmp/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.41571
5) Test with only 1 CPU (install termination card): still get Sig11.
6) Test with cleaning out / so I have 40 MB free: still get Sig11.
7) Swap CPUs (use what was 2nd CPU as first, remove other
CPU and install the termination card): still get Sig11.
8) Fix /var/tmp: /var/tmp was a symlink to /usr/var/tmp to save
space on the root partition....: Seems to fix the problem!
Redhat, some notes on the install software:
A) The install software should check for the presence
and free space in /tmp (/mnt/tmp) and /var/tmp (/mnt/var/tmp)
PRIOR to installing and popup a warning message if there is
a problem.
B) Also note, if my RPM database was messed up (I had to reset
the CPU in the middle of an install and the database was FU'ed),
you get a Sig11 when the install script tries to determine the packages
to install or tries to rebuild the database -- this is NOT
GOOD. To fix, I had to reboot the old install and run rpm --rebuilddb.
Cheers,
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W. Wade, Hampton
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