[kwlug-disc] Vortexbox 2.3 Install Failures

[Paul Nijjar]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 03:43:09AM -0400, John Driezen wrote:
> 
> Vortexbox 2.3 has been released.  It is based on Fedora 20.  I have
> attempted to install Vortexbox 2.3 several times on old Pentium 4
> systems.  After installing the first 350 packages, the install
> reboots and freezes at the BIOS screen.  My problem is identical to
> the one described in post #8 at
> http://vortexbox.org/forum/vortexbox/help/54325-install-vb-2-3 in
> the vortexbox forums.  Has anyone else had any luck with Vortexbox
> 2.3 on older hardware?  As a footnote, I have Vortexbox 2.3
> successfully running in Oracle's VM Virtualbox on a dual core
> Pentium-D system with 4 GB of RAM.

I have a feeling that the answer to your question is "no". However, it
is not nice to leave you hanging. 

My first inclination in a case like this would be to boot into a live
environment (Knoppix or similar) and make sure that the installation
actually partitioned the drives and installed the 350 packages. I
would also look for installation logs on the hard drive. If you knew
what was causing the reboot you might have some chance of diagnosing
the problem.

- Paul


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