On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 12:28:29PM -0500, Mike wrote: > Hi, I've installed my base system and repartitioned my disk with cfdisk innumerable > times. Now I have problems. > > Once when I repartitioned cfdisk I got a message that the boot floppies were not > designed to install over a previously installed system. But by this time it was too > late for me I done it already. Another message I got is that after repartitioning > should reboot, then there was a warning message that rolled past my screen too quick > for me to read it. > > Now when I go to do a reinstall the setup won't allow me to mount or initialize a > partition except for swap. Is there a way out to succesfully install Debian from > here? How can it be done? > > More information, last time I was doing my install I installed base system form http > and it couldn't fetch one file and so I went back and did an install via cdrom. > That didn't work out. > > Your help is appreciated. If you require more information I will do my best to > provide it. Thank you. > --- > Mike > British Columbia, Canada
The installer always suggests that you initialize swap first. After that's done, it suggests mounting your root partition. How does it fail when you try that? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
