>
> > > > I did loose a windows partition thanks to the cooker
> > installer yesterday.
> > > >
> > > > Be careful.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
> > >
> > > Me too! I also lost my existing linux partitions trying to use
> > the hd.img
> > > to install - any chance of seeing a fix this weekend? I'm
> > dying to check
> > > out cooker but just can't figure out how to get it installed????
> >
> > Basically it should be possible if you don't have any windows (vfat)
> > partitions.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
>
>
> When I run the hd.img, I get up to the point where it asks me where the
> Mandrake/base and /RPMS are located then after I enter the info, it says
> something to the effect: "no cooker tree found" or something like that. I
> then enter the info again and it says "mount failed; no such device". When
> I try to boot back into Linux - I can't get in. I've already lost the
> windows partition and didn't want to mess with reinstalling it so I've made
> subsequent tries after loading only Linux. With the time it takes to
> reinstall, I'm afraid to try again. I've tried using the script on your
> site for making two iso images but end up with the install iso image that's
> 636MB and the 'ext' cd being 766MB (a little too big). When trying to boot
> from the cdrom, the installer hangs on not being able to find a driver for
> the cdrom and won't except any of the options given and after reboot, leaves
> me (again) with an unuseable system.
>
> Anyway, I've been stumped ~ I can't seem to think of ANY way to get cooker
> loaded, I've failed every time.
>
> Thanks, Mike
>
>
>
You could do a rpm -ivh --root /cooker install. Only problem is the installation-image
does do some magic things like making a rpm-datebase.
