The final step in the formatting process is creating a filesystem:

mke2fs -b 4096 /dev/dasda1

(substitute mke2fs for your filesystem of choice)...

On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 06:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks for feedback and suggestions however I'm still no further forward. Here's the 
> latest on your comments and suggestions.
>
> Rich:
>
> I was only running a 256M machine and the docs recommend 512 for a vnc installation. 
> I raised the memory to 512, tried again but still got the same error.
>
> Marcy:
>
> I can't see any I/O errors on the console.
>
> Janek:
>
> I used DASDFMT to format the disks using cdl disk layout. I then used FDASD to 
> partition the disk. Do I need to do anything else to put a filesystem on it?
>
> Doug:
>
> I've tried using NFS but the mount times out after a long wait with the following 
> message:
>
>      mount: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
>
> When I've encountered this before it was because of some firewall type issue on the 
> client side; the request was getting through to the server but the response wasn't 
> getting back to the client. Did you have any such problems with an NFS install? Is 
> there something I'm missing?
>
>
> Thanks again for the feedback so far, I really appreciate it.
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 10 May 2004 17:44
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: This newbie is getting there with SLES8 but...
>
> Perhaps I should have added that different installation methods have
> different storage requirements.  You may want to verify with the readme
> that 256MB is enough for a VNC install.  I use 256MB for a ssh install.
> You can certainly step down the virtual machine size after install.
>
> On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > It has 256M
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 10 May 2004 16:54
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: This newbie is getting there with SLES8 but...
> >
> > What size virtual machine are you running in?
> >
> > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 09:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Hi again!
> > >
> > > I sorted out the last problem around PROFILE TCPIP and it turns out it was an 
> > > intentional routing restriction which I have now resolved, so thanks to Carlos 
> > > for that line of enquiry. Anyway I've now got another problem.
> > >
> > > I've successfully selected the vnc installation method and have loaded the first 
> > > bits using SMB from my PC's CD drive. The DASD have been formatted and 
> > > partitioned and I then get to the YaST2 Installation Settings screen. But under 
> > > the section 'Software' it gives the error: 'Not enough disk
> space
> > > even for a minimal installation!'. I have a root partition of 2.2 GB so space 
> > > should not be a problem. When I click on the Software link and go to the 'YaST2 
> > > Software Selection' screen then click on 'Detailed Selection' I find that it is 
> > > empty. I've found a couple of indications on the web that
> > > suggest that this may be a CD error but can't find anything on the Suse web 
> > > site. Can anyone confirm if this is indeed the problem? And if not are there any 
> > > other suggestions?
> > >
> > > As always, many thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Nigel
> > >
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