> How did you format the drive ahead of time?
I didn't.
During the installation, I let it format the drives. Then, B4 letting
him install,
I went to the console, and did a mke2fs /dev/sda2 -b 1024 -O none . This
formats
the partition the way I want to have it. I then aborted the installation
and
started again. This time I didn't let mandrake format /dev/sda2. It
worked for me.
If you try to format the drive B4 the mandrake installer formats it, the
/dev/sda2
entries might not be there.
> I have tried formatting using a
> redhat text install to get a shell. It doesn't let me format it. It was
> formated by DrakX(the installer?) as a supersparse. Why are you using milo and
> the alphbios instead of the SRM?
1) I've always used it, and haven't had major issues with it.
2) SRM complains about an "unknown / illegal device in slot 5" which is
my Matrox
M2.
> The alphabios takes longer to boot and the PAL code isn't updated like it is for
> the SRM. Just curious why you chose it.
I'd like to try SRM, but don't know how to solve the prob. with my VGA
card. Do
you have any idea if for instance a Voodoo 3 3000 does work?
> Is there any way to get the drive set so that aboot can read it and so that
> the installer will work.
> I forgot to mention from above that after I formated using redhat's format
> from their installer (which will work with aboot), the Mandrake installer
> cannot mount /mnt/var/?/rpm/? (I can't remember the path exactly - if
> necessary I can get it again) and gets stuck in a loop returning to the
> package selector again. Any ideas? Thanks.
Please try the method I mentioned above & let me know how it goes... It
worked
for me (did it on saturday).
Stefan
