Additional info...the machine that was successfully installed from the same Mandrake 6.1 files was not a portable and did not use PCMCIA. That might be a factor in the problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 5:59 AM Subject: [Cooker] install error: "cannot create /modules/modules.cgz" > I'm installing Mandrake 6.1 onto a Toshiba Tecra laptop. > Using FTP install with DHCP. > I start the installation.... > DHCP works fine (the PCMCIA/Ethernet seems ok) and the machine gets it's DNS > and gateway settings properly. > > I then enter "linuxTecra" for the machine name and leave the doman blank (I > have no domain - just 10.0.0.x NAT attached to a cable modem). > > Then, right after entering my FTP server address (10.0.0.2) and root > directory "/", the screen says "Loading second stage ramdisk". The meter > progresses a little and then the message below comes on the screen. > > I have installed another machine successfully from the exact same FTP server > (and Mandrake files) so those seem OK. I have also successfully installed RH6.0 on >to > this portable and it does *not* give this error message. > > Any ideas what was changed on Mandrake to crash the install? > > The tecra is: pentium, 144Meg, 2Gig HD on primary IDE, CDrom on secondary > IDE. BIOS is current. > =========================================== > /usr/bin/runintall2: cannot create /modules/modules.cgz: read-only file > system > install exited abnormally > sending termination signals...cardmgr[14]: + cat: not found > cardmgr[14]: + ./network: /sbin/ifconfig: not found > cardmgr[14]: + sed: not found > cardmgr[14]: + .: Can't open ./setwork.opts > cardmgr[14]: check cmd exited with status 2 > cardmgr[14]: exiting > done > sending kill signals...done > unmounting filesystems... > /tmp/pcmcia > /tmp/image > /proc > you may safely reboot your system > > > > > > > > >
