[ltp] why "install exited abnormally"?

Ales Kosir linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 03 Nov 1999 14:35:52 +0100


The same problem occured on an ordinary PC, non TP machine. It is
connected to the disk partitions or disk media. Could be you have bad
blocks on disk, and they can not be recovered, but I am not sure.

When I reformatted the disk (from bootable Partition Magic diskette), 
the problems disappeared. 

Best regards,
Ales 

> I experienced this problem when I re-installed RH6.1 on mt TP600E.  I didn't 
> know what caused the problem, but I managed to solve it by removing all old 
> Linux partition manually, reboot, and re-install.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Lawrence.
> 
> 
> >From: Vasanth Rakasi <v_rakasi@yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> >To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> >Subject: Re: [ltp] why "install exited abnormally"?
> >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:04:01 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Thanks, Brian.
> >The following is what I see on the other consoles.
> >
> >Alt-F1:
> >-------
> >install exited abnormally -- received signal 7
> >sending termination signals...done
> >sending kill signals...done
> >unmounting filesystems...
> >                 /mnt/source
> >                 /dev/pts
> >                 /proc
> >you may safely reboot your system
> >
> >At-F2:
> >------
> >bash#
> >
> >Alt-F3:
> >-------
> >* in startPcmcia()
> >* pcmcia probe returned: |PCI bridge probe: not found.
> >Intel PCIC probe: i82365sl B step found, 2 sockets.
> >|
> >* need to load i82365
> >* going to insmod pcmcia_core.o (path is NULL)
> >* going to insmod i82365.o (path is NULL)
> >* going to insmod ds.o (path is NULL)
> >* cardmgr running as pid 14
> >* cardmgr returned 0x0
> >* going to insmod fat.o (path is NULL)
> >* going to insmod vfat.o (path is NULL)
> >* 65 keymaps are available
> >* loaded 9 keymap tables
> >* reverse name and lookup worked
> >* going to insmod sunrpc.o (path is NULL)
> >* going to insmod lockd.o (path is NULL)
> >* going to insmod nfs.o (path is NULL)
> >* mounting nfs path 10.19.13.93:/mnt/cdrom
> >* going to insmod raid0.o (path is NULL)
> >* going to insmod raid1.o (path is NULL)
> >* going to insmod raid5.o (path is NULL)
> >
> >Alt-F4:
> >-------
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: bresp: vendor:  58   4 0x
> >0 0x 0 0x 0 0x5
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: bresp: vendor:  59   4 0x
> >0 0x 0 0x 2 0x4
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: bresp: vendor:   6   8
> >0xab 0x44 0x a 0x4
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: bresp: vendor: +++++  0xab
> >0x44 0x a 0x8c
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: bresp: vendor:   3   4 0x
> >a 0x13 0x d 0x5
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: bresp: vendor:  54   4 0x
> >a 0x13 0x d 0x5
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: bresp: vendor: 0xff
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: PUMP: got lease
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: device: eth0
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: set: 160
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: bootserver:
> >10.19.13.89
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: reqLease: 0
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: bootFile: (null)
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: ip: 10.19.13.94
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: netmask:
> >255.255.255.248
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: dnsServers[0]:
> >171:68.10.70
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: dnsServers[1]:
> >171.68.10.140
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: numDns: 2
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: gateway: 10.19.13.89
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: broadcast:
> >10.19.13.95
> ><15>Nov  3 03:16:27 loader: intf: network: 10.19.13.88
> ><6>raid0 personality registered
> ><6>raid1 personality registered
> ><6>raid5 personality registered
> >
> >I hope this helps.
> >
> >(Although there is a command prompt "bash#", I can't
> >type anything. I think at that stage the system is
> >already frozen.)
> >
> >vasanth
> >
> >--- Brian Button <bbutton@oma.com> wrote:
> > > As I recall, several of the other virtual consoles
> > > are used for output
> > > as you install. Try switching to console 2, 3, or 4
> > > after the error and
> > > see what it says. In case you don't know, you switch
> > > with Alt-2, Alt-3,
> > > etc, etc.
> > >
> > > bab
> > >
> > > Vasanth Rakasi wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to install Linux on a ThinkPad 755CX,
> > > which
> > > > doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. It has a PCMCIA
> > > ethernet
> > > > card and I'm able get on the network.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to suggestions from the members of this
> > > list,
> > > > ThinkPad is finally able to start installation of
> > > RH
> > > > 6.1 from nfs.
> > > >
> > > > However, I have another problem now.  During
> > > > installation (within the first minute or so), I
> > > get:
> > > > ===================
> > > > install exited abnormally -- received signal 7
> > > > sending termination signals...done
> > > > sending kill signals...done
> > > > unmounting filesystems...
> > > >                 /mnt/source
> > > >                 /dev/pts
> > > >                 /proc
> > > > you may safely reboot your system
> > > > ===================
> > > >
> > > > What am I doing wrong? Suggestions, please...
> > > >
> > > --
> > > Brian Button           bbutton@objectmentor.com
> > > Senior Consultant      Object Mentor, Inc.
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