You may need to make a / partition first (only in text mode) ? Buchan "Jonathan M. Prigot" wrote: > > I am trying out the Corporate Server for Sparc package. I am trying to load it > on a SPARCstation 5 "Classic". The graphical install bombs when it tries to > switch from text mode into graphics. A minor (for me) problem. > > What is a showstopper for me is that using the Text Mode install, it wants me > to partition my four drives. Not a problem. I partition the same way that I > would an Intel box, 1 EXT2 partition per drive, and a swap partition on the > first drive. It then asks me for the mount points for each drive, but it will > not accept any input. I can TAB to each field and the buttons, but nothing is > accepted in the fields. If I type in a value and then go to OK, it complains > that I need to set the / mountpoint. My guess is that there is something funky > in the runinstall2 scripts, my my Perl skills are non-existent. Has any other > Sparc user run into this? Is it a problem in the Intel Corporate package too? > > -- > Jonathan M. Prigot (617-278-0794) > Brigham and Women's Hospital > 900 Commonwealth Avenue, East > Boston, MA 02215-1213 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- |--------------------------------------------------------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.sun.ac.za/cae South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------|
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