Sounds like a watchdog module gets loaded and triggers a reboot...
Scott Talbot wrote:
Well, I've just about run the gamut of all my knowledge, and i figure I better get this to the list before FC3 is released.
I downloaded the 2nd iso set around the 10th and have attempted to install everyday, sometimes twice with limited success. The very first install was the best (unfortunately) I had it working fairly well even, but in retrospect I have no idea why this is so.
My System: MOBO MSI 6523 GFX ATI Radeon 7200 MEM 256M BIOS: ASI 6.00
Upon loading CD1 and rebooting install using linux hda=XCYL,HEAD,SECTOR to avoid the MBR problem that afflicts us all.
The system goes into a VESA screen while probing hardware, the report come back tht the monitor found is SyncMaster, which is true, but it doesn't seem to tell me if it knows it is a Samsung SyncMaster 193P or not. When X is started, I get an 800 X 600 screen in the upper left of my 1280 X 1024 display while the install continues. (I reported this bug in freedesktop bugz 1175) The first error I get is a box with the announcement:
Assertion (metadata_length >= bios_geom.sectors) at disk_dos.c: 7739 in function_add_logical_part_metadata()failed
and the ability to select cancel or ignore. Selecting either allows progress to continue, but the same error recurs approximately 7 time during the install and it takes 6 clicks to continue each time it comes up. (Doesn't seem to matter if I choose ignore or cancel.)
Eventually the process concludes with a report of successful completion.
After rebooting the system starts to load I see few errors, nothing devastating all reports are tagged [OKAY]. Usually just about the time that RHGB is being replaced by X the system reboots itself, if I start it in init 3 it reboots during the FSCK if I tell it to run that check or closer to the login prompt (but never quite there).
The only report of failure that I get is that firstboot failed but usually there are a few other commands that execute before the reboot.
Most recently I tried to install Test 1 and upgrade to Test 2 (bypassing the need for firstboot). I got as far as the gdm login screen in X and started to log in when it rebooted.
I am now going to install Test1 and upgrade as much as I can and see what finally breaks it. Anybody got a better idea?
Scott