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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:28:09 +1100 (EST)
From: Wayne Farmer <wayne@telstra.net>
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Subject: Signal 10 during Fresh 2.1.6.1 Install
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I'm after some more ideas.  I keep getting "Fatal Signal 10 Caught! I'm 
dead ..." during install with 2.1.6.1

Install runs for about 5 minutes after it starts grabbing and unpacking 
the distribution and fails when it starts "saving any boot -c changes to 
kernel".

My isolation methods have included :
* hard disk replacement
* motherboard replacement (same memory and add-on cards)
* plus memory replacement
* plus SCSI card and video card replacement
* plus floppy cable replacement
* plus floppy drive replacement
* re-make floppy boot disk

Am only left with the power supply and case and the SCSI cables.

(Somehow I think someone will suggest replacing the SCSI cable.)

I have installed 2.1.6.1 about 6 times without a problem (on identical
hardware) and just to complicate things, 2.2-BETA installs with no problems
on THIS problem machine. 

Wayne

PS Hardware is ASUS Pentium 133, 32Mb, Adaptec 2940 SCSI, Seagate Hawk SCSI 
disk