* Dave Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-29 12:12]: > I've been trying to install the 4.0r2 release. It gets up to selecting > the kernel to install and I pick "linux-image-2.6.18-5-ixp4xx". It > goes on a bit more then it stops with "Unable to install > initramfs-tools ". I pulled the USB external drive out and plugged it > into another machine, but /var/log/syslog is empty. Any suggestions?
/var/log/syslog in the installer is not the USB drive, but a filesystem in memory. You need to manually copy /var/log/syslog to /target (the USB drive). > One thing I might have done wrong is I set aside 1gig for swap. Is > that way too much? Could that be the issue? Shouldn't be, assuming you left enough space for root (/). -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
