I would try using the latest installer if you aren't already..

On 1/19/06, Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@g.o> wrote:
> Rafael Barrera Oro wrote:
> > You are probably right.
> >
> > I have an Athlon XP 2000 and a VIA KT4AV Mother
> > i tried the installed choosing dynamic stage 3, and grp packages
> > it always crashes when it gets to merging the aditional packages,
> > unless an input/output error due to a "read only filesystem" pops up
> > first
> >
> > after the input/output error i always have to reboot since the system
> > stops responding
> >
> > i tried both installers found on the LiveCD
>
> Try fixing your hardware. When a filesystem suddenly goes read-only, that's
> almost a sure sign of a failing drive.
>
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