(Sorry for the delay. Our mail server got wedged.) This works as a workaround,
but I still can't install using multiple disks. Mandrake needs to attend to
this before releasing it to corporations.
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> 
> 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?
> > 
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