Thanks for the work around, but have you reported the bug to Mandrake so
they can fix it?
Mike
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Aries wrote:
> You can share your swap partitions...with out any problems.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Wolford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 2:19 PM
> Subject: [expert] A Proactive Solution
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Here's an experience i had recently. It may help some of you avoid a
> similar battle as i had to
> > fight.
> >
> > I was attempting an installation 7.1 or 7.2 (whichever i could get to work
> first) on a system with
> > 3 drives. There was already a stable install of 7.1 on the system (on
> hdc), and all i wanted to do
> > was install again on hdb. I went though the graphical install and when it
> came time to choose my
> > partitions, i would ignore all of the partitions on hdc, and create new
> ones on hdb. When it came
> > time to format the new partitions it would invariably want to format the
> old swap partition on
> > hdc. I always said no. If (IF) the install went through, then booting
> would usually result in a
> > panic attack and fatal crash. If i somehow managed to get past that (with
> failsafe etc) then it
> > would core dump when i tried to run almost any program.
> >
> > I was baffled. Then one day, while doing something decidedly not
> computer-related, i had a flash
> > of inspiration. Maybe i should disconnect hdc for the install and then try
> it. All of a sudden the
> > install went flawlessly (with 7.1 - to this date i have been unsuccessful
> installing 7.2 on any
> > system).
> >
> > The moral of the story: When installing Mandrake, make sure that it can't
> see any other swap
> > partitions during the install. (Could it use the old swap, if it wanted
> to? Could they share it? I
> > don't know.)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John
> >
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