RE: [expert] Version 7.1 HUGE install problem

[John Aldrich]

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> I did not do this because I cannot even get that far. I also must use PM
> because your partition utility will not give me the needed FAT32 partitions
> for DOS and Windows. If PM 5 will not work then I am in big trouble. I also
> use Boot Magic. That also must work, LILO cannot do all I need and not
> nearly as nicely.
> I may try to see if I can find a way to partition with the installer to see
> what happened but I did redo the entire drive with PM and if that is the
> problem WHY did it work PERFECTLY on 7.0 and continues to work perfectly on
> 7.0.
> 
Here's a suggestion: Make your Fat32 partitions with PM. Then leave
the rest of the drive unpartitioned and partition it with the
installer. It's MUCH better to let the installer partition it,
because of the quirks of the EXT2 FS. Also, if you INSIST on using
PM, at least get all the updates!
        John