terrapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I did an "expert install". When it came to the partitioning, I named my
> partitions but did not change their sizes. I selected / (hda10) and /boot
> (hda7) for formatting without checking. The drive worked for a few minutes as
> it formatted. I left /home (hda8) and /usr/local (hda9) untouched.
>
you don't have swap? enough ram?
> The install failed after choosing my packages (about 600meg). It started
> the package installation GUI (where you see the packages being installed) and
> crashed with a signal 11. It turned out my linux was still intact except for
> the mangled rpm database.
gee... no clue. never had the problem of mke2fs not formatting!
> The not really formatting has occured several times
> before with boot.img. I reported it on cooker and someone else had the same
> thing happen.
>
> I just tried a "expert" "upgrade" and found that I could install if I DID NOT
> click on the "go" button but instead selected "Install system" from the left
> menu. The upgrade proceeded (11 packages) and I was able to make a boot disk and
> also lilo.
>
> F3:
> opened rpm database
> mounting /proc on /mnt/proc, proc, 0,
> ERROR: mount failed: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/perl-install/fs.pm
> line 123
> rpm database closed
>
> The install failed at X configure. The display worked ok (GD5446) but I lost the
> mouse (IMPS/2) at this time. I used the keyboard to select OK in the x
> configure. I had to switch to another console and ctr-alt-delete out of install
> because the program kept jumping back to my unfinished "Choose packages to
> install" after each selection and I had no mouse to select finish.
>
> I rebooted with the new lilo and noticed the "dos" has been changed to
> "windows" and the wording is different. The boot cleaned up the improperly
> unmounted drives and went to runlevel 5. At this time I got a grey screen with
> a working mouse and no Mandrake GUI login. I opened a new console and killed x .
> Then ran desktopconfig and used startx into kde.
>
wishing i could have your machine :-o
so much trouble i can't reproduce here!
