maru dubshinki wrote: > >> After a F&R [long story...], I am trying to install Fedora Core 4 >> in my home computer. So far, no problem that I could not solve >> or see a chance to solve, except this: >> >> mkswap file1 >> >> returns error >> >> file1: Permission denied >> >> Does anyone know what the hell is going on? mkswap worked with >> every other distro I tried. > > Reading the mkswap man page- why are you trying to use it on a file? > Because I can :-)
> Shouldn't it be used on a partition? > Both uses are possible. But _after_ I have installed the system, there's no safe way to create a partition. > And if you are using it on a > partition, are you running as root? And if so, is your partition set > to be a swap partition? > There should be no problem with mkswap, because I had done that before, with Fedora Core 2 and some of those one-CD-distros. > If all that doesn't work, just use Debian or Ubuntu. :) > :-) I tried Kubuntu, but I hated it. How can a linux distro come _without_ gcc and make? Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
