(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. --- 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? > > > > -- > > 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-----------------| > > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- Jonathan M. Prigot (617-278-0794) Brigham and Women's Hospital 900 Commonwealth Avenue, East Boston, MA 02215-1213
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