On Monday 11 December 2000 18:03, you wrote: > > Really strange. > > I'm trying to do a 7.2 install of the > > "Linux-Mandrake Download Edition Odyssey-i586 20001027 15:47" > > using the network.img boot disk in text mode (hit f1, 'text') > > > The hardware is an IBM box, details available if anyone needs them. > > FTP server is my laptop running mandrake (7.02, I think), with the > CD (mentioned above) mounted on /mnt/cdrom > > Boot off the floppy, tell it to use the laptop for an ftp install with > non-anonymous ftp access. > > on vc3 I see: > > * mounting ram3 on /mnt/stage2 as ext2 > * creating directory /tmp/stage2 rc = 0 > * callin gmount(/tmp/ram3, /tmp/stage2, ext2, -1058209792, (nil)) > * removing device file /tmp/ram3 > * method selection completed > * writing network information to tmp/ifcfg-eth0 > * state saved to /tmp > * symlink /tmp/stage2 failed > > on vc2 I see nothing. > > on vc1 it says 'welcome to linux mandrake' > (the last thing it said before that was: > > retreiving base... > loading second stage ramdisk... > then it blanked. > > on vc4 it says something about choosing my ethernet card (which seems to > work fine) > > on vc5 it says: > > <6> device lo entered promiscuous mode > > I finally switched to using my Sun/solaris box as the NFS server to do an > NFS install, and its working perfectly. > > I'm completely baffled. I don't see any errors anywhere other than that > last one about symlink failing. Oh, well. > > > rc > > > Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE > FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 > Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825 First of all, make sure the permissions are correctly set on the files on the local ftp server. It appears that it isn't getting permission to access.... Civileme
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