I got a Linux-Mandrake 6.1 CD in the mail today, and I tried using it
to upgrade from 6.0. No luck... and, for the record, I get EXACTLY the
same problems when I use the 6.0 CD's upgrade option!
I go through the usual installation procedure.
- Boot from CD
- Press ENTER
- Select keyboard, language, ...
- Say no to PCMCIA
- Ask to upgrade
- Say no to SCSI
Then it claims to scan my disk. Then it asks about SCSI AGAIN! I tell
it no again, and it tells me sixteen times that it can't mount since
the disk is busy. Then it asks for my root partition. I say
/dev/hda12 (which is correct). BUSY. I Alt+F2, unmount it (I find it
mounted at /mnt/, according to /etc/mtab), and return. I say
/dev/hda12, and it proceeds to scan my disk. It then comes up with an
error message claiming it can't find an RPM database and as such cannot
upgrade anything.
Since the whole point of this CD is upgrading, I need to fix this!
Now this is a guess, but hey, it may be the truth. Maybe it gives me
this trouble since /var/ isn't part of the root partition but instead
is its own partition.
Hmm. That gives me an idea. I'll try again and manually mount /var/.
But if this works, I've uncovered a Mandrake installer bug: If it can't
find the RPM database on the root filesystem, it should ask for another
partition to check.
ALL help WILL be appreciated! I'm counting on you guys!
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Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413
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