help with installation

[ed_norton]

I can't get off the ground. I'm trying to install redhat6.1 and I end up with an error that begins:

Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda",line225 in?
intf.run (todo,test,=test
File
"../../../ RedHat/instimage.....

and on and on.

Any ideas about how I've gone wrong?

[jasonlambert]

Hiya Ed,

Welcome Aboard!

Ok...

There are a few things floating around that *may* becausing the problem:

1) Are you using an AMD atholon Processor? You will need *at least* RH 6.2 aparently.

2) Are you trying to mount any windows drives when installing? this may be causing some grief.

Do either of the above apply? or no?

As a personal recommendation, i would go with RH 8 if possible, 6.1 is fairly old, and if your new to linux, you will appriciate the "Smoothness" of RH 8 over 6.1 IMO.

Jason

[ed_norton]

I have a Pentium, and I have a fresh clean 2nd hard drive.

I am not stupid, and I am working out of a book 'Teach Yourself Linux' with a disk to boot from.

Well , maybe I am stupid. What should I do?

[jasonlambert]

Hiya Ed.

Course your not stupid, i get Linux troubles all the time, I beat the Sh*t out of my machine, then post the error messages on here, my point, it happens to all of us.


See the section: "4.15 Python errors during the install " on this page: http://www.redhat.com/support/resour...has-6.1-4.html

Jason